Charles I (1625-1649), Richmond issues, Type 2 (11), mm. large crescent, 0.42g/12h (E 68a; BMC 145; Cooke 1155-7; S 3183); mm. small crescent (2), 0.47g/12h, 0.33g/12h (both E 68c; BMC 146; Cooke 1158-61; S 3183); mm. cross and pellets, 0.35g/12h (E 69a; BMC 147; Cooke 1162-4; S 3183); mm. cross calvary, 0.45g/12h (E 70d; BMC 148; Cooke 1165-7; S 3183); mm. cross pattée (3), 0.58g/12h, 0.55g/12h (both E 71b; BMC 149; Cooke 1168-9; S 3183), 0.21g/12h (E 71f; BMC 151; Cooke 1173-4; S 3183); mm. cross pattée fitchée, 0.39g/12h (E 72a; BMC 152; Cooke 1175-6; S 3183); mm. cross patonce, 0.31g/12h (E 73b; BMC 154; Cooke 1179-81; S 3183); mm. cross patonce in saltire, 0.13g/12h (E 74a; BMC 155; Cooke 1182-3; S 3183) [11]. E 71f and 74a fragmentary, E 73b about fine, others generally very fine, one or two better
£120-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Farthings, the Property of a Gentleman.

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Provenance: First found in the R. Thames 1978, SNC March 1980 (2514); second SCMB July 1976 (L 95); third bt Stanley Gibbons; fifth found in the R. Thames, bt June 1990; sixth and eighth bt M.J. Dickinson September 1988; ninth bt Spink May 1984; last bt C.D. Cooke November 1987