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Auction: 12009 - The Magnus Collection, Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 944

Charles I, Civil War coinages, Shrewsbury, 1642, Half-pound, 59.98g, m.m. plume without band/-, King, crowned and holding sword, riding left over arms, no plume behind, rev. Declaration in two lines, three Shrewsbury plumes above with value, date below (Brooker 804 - same dies; N.2368; S.2924), double struck in places in obverse legend, lightly tooled in obverse fields, toned, pleasing neat horseman, good very fine, rare Estimate £ 3,000-4,000 provenance Bt. Spink, March 1979

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