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Tower mint, Pattern Shilling, Gp E, mm. portcullis, large bust, pellet stops, rev. ‘rosette’ stops, 5.62g/6h (Sharp E1/–; SCBI Brooker –; N 2698; S –). A piece of fine workmanship, two small digs above crown, otherwise nearly very fine, reverse better, toned, extremely rare £1,200-1,500

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

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Provenance: SNC October 1993 (7186); bt I. Jones 2005.

This coin foreshadows the types of Gp E but with the Gp D portcullis mint-mark