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Auction: 19004 - Coins and Commemorative Medals: Spring Auction
Lot: 137

Charles II (1660-85), Sixpence, first hammered issue, 2.94g, m.m. crown [no stops beside], 'Coronation' bust left, rev. square-topped shield over cross moline, inner ring and mark of value (ESC 316 {1510}; N.2767; S.3323), double-struck with rusty dies on reverse, the portrait otherwise bold and so seldom encountered on this series, attractive tone in recesses, extremely fine or near so, with an outstanding pedigree, rare thus

provenance
Checkley, Glendining, 10 February 1965, lot 308 - "well struck on obverse, double-struck on reverse, in mint state" - £120.0.0 (Miller)
Dr Carter, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1950
Huth, Sotheby, part I, 4-7 April 1927, lot 453 and pl. IX - £2.18.0 (Spink)
Montagu, third portion, Sotheby, 13 November 1896, lot 750 -'very fine and rare in this condition' - £4.0.0 (Ready)
Brice, collection part-purchased by Montagu, c.1887
Bergne, Sotheby, 20 May 1873, lot 901 - 'fine and rare in this condition' - £2.18.0 (Webster)


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Sold for
£4,800