Important British and World Coins

Commonwealth (1649-1660), Crown, 1649, mm. sun on obv. only, 30.43g/1h (ESC 1; N 2721; S 3214). Very fine with even grey tone, very rare (£5,000-6,000)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Hammered Silver Crowns from the Warwick Collection.

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Provenance:
A.A. Banes Collection, Sotheby Auction, 30-1 October 1922, lot 206
T.B. Clarke-Thornhill Collection, Glendining Auction, 24-8 May 1937, lot 578
Capt H.E.G. Paget Collection, Glendining Auction, 25-7 September 1946, lot 169
F.B. Nightingale Collection, Glendining Auction, 24 October 1951, lot 73
F.R. Cooper Collection, Glendining Auction, 10 April 1974, lot 130 [from Baldwin 1951]