| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 145 with CNG & NGSA | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
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| Lot description: The Geoffrey Cope Collection of British Coins. Charles I 'Fine Work' Shillings of the Tower Mint. AR Halfcrown (35.5mm, 15.26 g, 2h). Declaration type. Bridgnorth-on-Severn mint; im: plumelet. Dated 1646. Charles on horseback left, holding sword and reins; plumes to right and below / RE : PRO :/ LE : AN : LI : PA :/ 1646; above, three plumes over ornamental scroll; plumelet below. Morrieson, Lundy B-6; Bull 650/6 (this coin cited and illustrated); Brooker 1125 (this coin); North 2517; SCBC 3038. Minimal doubling for this usually poorly struck issue. Slight stain on reverse otherwise much as struck with exceptional surfaces and considerable lustre. EF. Very rare . Ex J.G. Brooker Collection; R.C. Lockett (English Part III, Glendining, 4 November 1958), lot 3502; G. Hamilton-Smith (Part III, Glendinings, 23 May 1927), lot 324. This coin exhibited, Coins, Crown & Conflict, American Numismatic Association, Money Museum, 2007. Estimate: 5000 CHF |  |
