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James I (1603-1625), Lennox issues, Type 3 (8), mm. rose, 0.51g/6h (E 37a; BMC 85; Cooke 1024-9; S 2679); mm. roundel, 0.38g/6h (E 38; BMC 64; Cooke 972-4; S 2679); mm. thistle-head, 0.48g/6h (E 39; BMC 90; Cooke 1036-40; S 2679); mm. tun (2), 0.84g/12h (E 41a; BMC 95; Cooke 1044-5; S 2679), 0.34g/12h (E 41b or c; BMC 96; Cooke 1046-9; S 2679); mm. turtle (3), 0.80g/6h, 0.52g/6h, 0.45g/6h (E 42; BMC 77; Cooke 1002-4; S 2679) [8]. Second and fifth fair, others generally about very fine or better £100-150

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 W. Whittall Collection, bt C.D. Cooke February 1988; second C.W. Peck Collection, SNC September 1976 (7505); third P. Woodhead Collection, CNG Mailbid Sale 46, 24 June 1998 (1991); fourth P.H. Westbrook Collection, Spink Auction 27, 16 March 1983, lot 100 (part), G.A. Entwisle Collection, bt C.D. Cooke August 1990; seventh SNC November 1978 (13123)