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Auction: 20004 - British Coins and Commemorative Medals: Spring Auction - conducted behind CLOSED DOORS
Lot: 288

Charles I (1625-49), Shilling, a contemporary forgery from false dies, struck in fine silver, in the style of Group E, type 4.3, Tower, 4.52g, 1h, m.m. triangle (inverted), (m.m.)• carolvs.' d: g: ma [f (?)].' bri fr: e: hi: rex, small crude portrait left, large xii behind, rev. •(m.m.)• christo • avspice • regno, square-topped shield over cross moline (cf. Sharp F3; Brooker 1205, same dies; cf. N.2229; cf. S.2796), softly struck, otherwise lightly toned, a really good fine

provenance
'A Group of 17th Century Counterfeits from a Deceased Estate', DNW 89, 29 September 2010, lot 2316 [part] (via S Mitchell, November 1988)


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