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Auction: 20004 - British Coins and Commemorative Medals: Spring Auction - conducted behind CLOSED DOORS
Lot: 298

Charles I (1625-49), Halfcrown, a contemporary forgery from false dies, struck in base silver, in style of Aberystwyth, 11.75g, 1h, i.m. book, •(i.m.) [c]arolvs d g mag brit • fra' et h[ib] rex, slender horseman left rev. [c]hristo av[spice....], oval-garnished shield, plume above (Brooker 1210, same dies; cf. S.2878), heavily double-struck with a broken die, largely illegible but an evident die link to the Brooker plate coin, scarce thus

provenance
A Morris, collection sold by Bennett (acquired May 2013)
Purchased Format, June 1988

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Sold for
£120

Starting price
£20