Auction Catalogue

16 & 17 September 2014

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British Coins

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 2518

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16 September 2014

Hammer Price:
£19,000

Charles I (1625-1649), Shrewsbury mint, Halfcrown, 1642, mm. plume on obv. only, Shrewsbury horseman, groundline below, no plume in field, rev. three plumes above Declaration, date below, 14.93g/12h (Bull 588/7; Morr. F-7; Brooker 826; N 2378; S 2934). Almost extremely fine, very rare, possibly the finest known £2,000-3,000

Bull mentions a specimen in the W.D. Ferguson Collection of Charles I coins, SCMB September 1960 (917), described as ‘almost EF’. This may be that specimen