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Charles I (1625-1649), Rose issues, Type 4b/3 mule, mm. crescent/mullet, 0.58g/12h (E 181; BMC 326; Cooke 1538; S 3206/3203). Fine, a great rarity; only 5 specimens believed known £200-300

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

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Provenance: C.W. Peck Collection; SNC September 1976 (7571).

The other examples known to the cataloguer are the Everson specimen (DNW Auction 83, lot 3806, still privately owned), Baldwin Auction 52, lot 344, Colin Cooke Collection (1538) and the British Museum