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22 September 2021

Hammer Price:
£950

Charles I (1625-1649), Oxford mint, Shilling, 1646, mm. Shrewsbury plume on obv. only, three small Shrewsbury plumes and annulets above Declaration, date below, small annulets between and below numerals, pellet at start of legend, 6.22g/11h (Morr. A-1; SCBI Brooker 947, same dies; N 2454; S 2978). Weak in places, otherwise very fine or better and toned, very rare £1,000-£1,200

Provenance: H.W. Morrieson Collection, Sotheby Auction, 20-4 November 1933, lot 622 (part); E.C. Carter Collection; R. Carlyon-Britton Collection; J.R. Hulett Collection, Part VII, DNW Auction 152, 14-15 November 2018, lot 481 [from P. Wallwork September 1989]; J. Tooze Collection, DNW Auction 163, 18-19 September 2019, lot 1306 [from A.M. Roberts]