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Auction: 20004 - British Coins and Commemorative Medals: Spring Auction - conducted behind CLOSED DOORS
Lot: 287

Charles I (1625-49), Shilling, a contemporary forgery from false dies, struck in fine silver, in the style of Group E, type 4.2, Tower, 3.36g, 1h, m.m. anchor [?] flukes inward facing to right, carolvs dg mag brit fr et hib rex, crude portrait left, large xii behind, rev. •(m.m.)• chrisio • avspice •• regno, square-topped shield over cross moline (Brooker –; cf. Besly, pl. 8, no. 5 ~ for portrait type; cf. N.2228; cf. S.2794), some lamination flaws and faint scratches, otherwise toned, a bold fine, rare

provenance
'A Group of 17th Century Counterfeits from a Deceased Estate', DNW 89, 29 September 2010, lot 2309 (via S. Mitchell, December 1990)
R C Carlyon-Britton, third collection [Cabinet II, no. 811], sold by Seaby through the Bulletin, from 1959 [with Inventory ticket 16394], wherein the mintmark interpreted as plume


One of at least two examples of this imitation once residing in Carlyon-Britton's third collection, the other example (Cabinet VIII, no. 16) re-appeared at auction in London recently (DNW 133, 12 November 2015, lot 513)

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Sold for
£420

Starting price
£130