Auction Catalogue

5 December 2012

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British and Scottish Coins, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 678

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5 December 2012

Hammer Price:
£920

Charles I (1625-1649), First coinage, Six Shillings, 1632, mm. thistle, 2.92g/5h (Murray –; SCBI 35, 1418, same dies; cf. B 5, fig. 999; S 5543). Nearly very fine, extremely rare, especially in this condition £800-1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Michael and Elizabeth Stewart Collection of Scottish Coins.

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Provenance: J.G. Murdoch Collection, Sotheby Auction, 11-13 May 1903, lot 318; R.C. Lockett Collection, Part I, lot 413 (part); R. Carlyon Britton Collection; J.K.R. Murray Collection, Spink Auction 57, 29 April 1987, lot 335