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Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, 1630, Gp B, mm. plume (over heart), rev. without cross fourchée, 2.96g/9h (SCBI Brooker 590A, this coin; N 2237; S 2808). Very fine and full with attractive grey tone, very rare £800-1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Paul Cattermole Collection of Sixpences.

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Provenance: R.C. Lockett Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 11-17 October 1956, lot 2329 (part); J.G. Brooker Collection; S.A. Bole Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 89, 29 September 2010, lot 1562 [from Spink 1984]; SNC December 2010 (HS 4411).

SCBI Brooker states ‘feathers/feathers (over heart)’ but the top left hand corner of the obverse mint-mark also appears to be struck over a small heart