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Auction: 20004 - British Coins and Commemorative Medals: Spring Auction - conducted behind CLOSED DOORS
Lot: 281

Charles I (1625-49), Shilling, a contemporary forgery from false dies, struck in base silver, in the style of Group E, type 4.1, Tower, 3.22g, 7h, m.m. anchor (grapple-like), reads hi rex, crude portrait left, xii behind, rev. •:• (m.m.) •:• christo • avspice • regno, square-topped shield over cross moline (cf. Sharp F5; Brooker 1201 this coin; cf. N.2228; cf. S.2798), of evidently baser fabric than last, and slightly off-struck on a small flan, otherwise fine, the reverse better, rare, and with an excellent pedigree

provenance
'A Group of 17th Century Counterfeits from a Deceased Estate', DNW 89, 29 September 2010, lot 2311 (via S Mitchell, January 2000)
J G Brooker, collection dispersed by Spink through the Numismatic Circular, from 1978
R C Lockett, part X (English IV), Glendining, 26-27 April 1960, lot 4241 (part) - £13.0.0
Fred Baldwin collection
H Montagu, part V, Sotheby, 16-20 November 1897, lot 410 (part)
H Webb, part I, Sotheby, 9-14 July 1894, lot 580 (part)

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Sold for
£140

Starting price
£110