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Charles I (1625-1649), Richmond issues, Type 2 (12), mm. large lis, 0.48g/12h (E 91; BMC 180; Cooke 1242-5; S 3183); mm. three lis, 0.48g/12h (E 93; BMC 182; Cooke 1248-52; S 3183); mm. martlet, 0.29g/12h (E 94b; BMC 184; Cooke 1254-8; S 3183); mm. nautilus, 0.52g/12h (E 96b; BMC 186; Cooke 1262-6; S 3183); mm. pike-head, 0.41g/12h (E 97; BMC 190; Cooke 1274-6; S 3183); mm. rose, 0.41g/6h (E 98b; BMC 188; Cooke 1268-71; S 3183); mm. shield, 0.41g/12h (E 99a; BMC 189; Cooke 1272-3; S 3183); mm. star, 0.50g/12h (E 100b; BMC –; Cooke 1196-7; S 3183); mm. tower, 0.45g/6h (E 101; BMC 191; Cooke 1277-80; S 3183); mm. trefoil, 0.33g/12h (E 102a; BMC 192; Cooke 1283-4; S 3183); mm. woolpack 0.43g/12h (E 104a; BMC 193; Cooke 1286-9; S 3183); mm. woolpack over uncertain mark, 0.45g/12h (E 104c; BMC 194, this coin; Cooke 1291; S 3183) [12]. Generally about very fine, one or two better, E 100b and 104c extremely rare £150-200

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

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Provenance: second and third bt C.D. Cooke October 1987; fourth bt M.J. Dickinson January 1989; sixth G.A. Entwisle Collection, bt C.D. Cooke August 1990; eighth bt I.S. Wright June 1994; *eleventh C.W. Peck Collection, SNC September 1976 (7545); last bt M.J.Dickinson September 1988

The Cooke reference associated with E 100b should be ignored