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Auction: 20004 - British Coins and Commemorative Medals: Spring Auction - conducted behind CLOSED DOORS
Lot: 290

Charles I (1625-49), Shilling, a contemporary forgery from false dies, struck in base silver, in the style of Group F, type 4.4, Tower (under Parliament), 5.04g, 8h, m.m. sun (on rev. only [?]), • carolv[s] d • g • mag • bri fr • et hib • rex, crude portrait left, xii behind, rev. •(m.m.)• christo • avspice • regno, square-topped shield over cross moline (cf. Sharp G1-2; Brooker 1208 this coin; cf. N.2231; cf. S.2800), a large striking crack, otherwise quite struck up, fine, the reverse better, with a remarkable pedigree

provenance
'A Group of 17th Century Counterfeits from a Deceased Estate', DNW 89, 29 September 2010, lot 2317 (via S Mitchell, November 1988)
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 578 (part)
J F Neck collection purchased en bloc by Webb, c. 1884

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Sold for
£480

Starting price
£80