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Auction: 12009 - The Magnus Collection, Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 945

Charles I, Civil War coinages, Shrewsbury, 1642, Crown, 29.94g, m.m. /group of seven pellets, King, crowned and holding sword, riding left, ground line below, Shrewsbury plume behind, rev. Declaration in two lines, three Shrewsbury plumes above with value, date below (Brooker 809 - same dies; N.2370; S.2926), minor surface metal flaws on reverse, pleasing and a rare reverse type, almost extremely fine Estimate £ 3,000-4,000 provenance Bt. Spink, July 1983 H.M. Lingford, Glendining, 24-26 October 1950, lot 154 Sir K. Vaughan Morgan, Sotheby, 17 June 1935, lot 323 T. Ready, Sotheby, 15-19 November 1920, lot 696

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