Auction Catalogue

14 December 2004

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Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

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Lot

№ 555

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14 December 2004

Hammer Price:
£70

Charles I (1625-1649), Third coinage, Falconer’s first issue, Forty Pence, rev. f below thistle, 1.45g/6h (Murray d/l; B –; S –). Fine, extremely rare (£80-100)

Provenance:
Dr J. Davidson Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 59, 7 October 2003, lot 931.

Murray (
BNJ 39, p.139) was uncertain about the presence of the f belowthe thistle, which is very clear on this specimen