British Coins featuring the late Ron Hansen Collection

Charles I (1625-1649), Exeter mint, Crown, 1644, mm. rose, 28.64g/3h (Besly C14; SCBI Brooker 1034, same obv. die; N 2557; S 3058). Figure 8 scratched on horse’s rump, otherwise good very fine and toned, probably much as struck £700-900

Provenance: SNC February 1936 (49285); A. Barr Collection, Part II, M. Rasmussen FPL February 2005 (208); A. Morris Collection