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Sold on 3 December 2018

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The ‘Welsh Marches’ Collection of British Coins

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№ 288

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3 December 2018

Hammer Price:
£1,500

Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, Tower mint, Halfcrown, Gp I, type 1b, lightweight issue [struck between 14 August and 7 September 1626], mm. cross Calvary (over lis on obv.), housings decorated, no ground line, plume above square-topped shield, 12.97g/8h (Bull 38L/5; SCBI Brooker 289; N 2203; S 2767). Good fine or better, extremely rare £2,000-£2,600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The ‘Welsh Marches’ Collection of British Coins.

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Provenance: V.J.E. Ryan Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 22-4 January 1952, lot 1085 (part); R. Carlyon-Britton Collection; A.E. Bray Collection, Glendining Auction, 1 May 1985, lot 116; C. Adams Collection, Spink Auction 177, 1 December 2005, lot 78; bt Spink

Tower mint