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Lot 2106    SESSION 7 (11.30am Wed 28 July)    Great Britain Silver & Bronze Coins

Estimate $2,800
Bid at live.noble.com.au

CHARLES I, (1625 - 1649), Tower mint under king, silver crown, mm cross calvary, issued 1625-6, Group I, type 1b, (29.37 grams), rev. plume over shield, small harp with fearsome bird's head, (S.2754, N.2191, Cooper VII/IX). Toned, round and attractive, slightly double struck on both sides, nearly very fine and an extremely rare die combination.

Ex Spink, London, January 1985, and previously from the Lord (Rodney) Smith of Marlow Collection, purchased by Spink London, Auction Sale No.11, 8 October 1980 (lot 179), as part of the H.Pegg Collection, previously from the Hon. R. Marsham, Sotheby's November 19-27 1888 (lot 515 part) and H. Montagu, Sotheby's 16-20 November 1897 (lot 336) and the Cornwall Collections, with ticket. This reverse die is known on only two other crowns, one in the British Museum and the other in the R.C. Lockett Collection, this was described in the Pegg sale as inferior in condition to this example.

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