| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 145 with CNG & NGSA | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 1243 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: The Geoffrey Cope Collection of British Coins. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Shilling (31mm, 6.03 g, 5h). Group I, type 1b1. London mint; im: lis. Struck 1625. Crowned bust 2 left, wearing ruff; XII (mark of value) to right / Coat-of-arms; plumes above. Sharp (HLL) type A2/3; Brooker 392 (same rev. die); North 2217; SCBC 2783. Struck on a very neat and round flan. Slight weakness in centre. A few very light marks under old bluish tone. Near EF. Extremely rare and plated accordingly in both the Montagu and Murdoch catalogues. Ex Baldwin 30 (7 May 2002), lot 200 'a piece of fine work'; Spink Numismatic Circular XCVII.9 (November 1989), no. 6009; E. C. Carter Collection (purchased en bloc by Baldwin's, 1950); J.G. Murdoch (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 8 June 1903, lot 212; H. Montagu (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge (13 November 1896), lot 327; W. Brice Collection (purchased en bloc by Montagu). This coin exhibited, Coins, Crown & Conflict, American Numismatic Association, Money Museum, 2007. Estimate: 5000 CHF |  |
