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Auction: 1012 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 970

Charles II, hammered coinage, 1660-1662, second issue, gold Crown, 2.25g, m.m. crown on obverse only, laureate draped bust left, rev. crowned oval garnished shield (Schneider dies O-2/R-1; N.2756; S.3306), strong portrait, weakness to left of shield, about extremely fine, very rare Estimate £ 3,500-4,500 provenance Lucien M. LaRiviere, Spink auction 124, 19 November 1997, lot 1783 Spink auction 67, 16 November 1988, lot 81 R.C. Lockett II, Glendining, 17 October 1956, lot 2619 VM Brand, collection widely dispersed post mortem from 1932

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