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Tower mint, Shilling, Gp B, mm. negro’s head, bust 2, varied stops, rev. plume above shield, cross, pellet stops, 5.74g/1h (Sharp B2/3; SCBI Brooker 413; N 2219; S 2786). Light score in obverse field, otherwise good fine, reverse about very fine, excessively rare; the second finest of the four known specimens £2,000-3,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Coins of Charles I From the Lyall Collection.

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Provenance: V.J.E. Ryan Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 22-4 January 1952, lot 1106 (part) [incorrectly catalogued]; bt Baldwin 1964