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Auction: 21006 - British Hammered and Milled Coins: Summer Auction
Lot: 198

Charles I (1625-1649), Minor Silver Issues (7): Tower Halfgroats (5), Group B, 1630-1631, reads CARO.' D.' G.' MA' BR.' FR' ET H[...] ~ struck with a Fine Work or Pattern die [?], m.m. plume (cf. Brooker 1267A [for legend reading]; Spink 2824), thrice pierced, the obverse reading otherwise unknown to Brooker for the currency series and only recorded for Pattern issues, presumably rare this; Group D, 1633-1634, Type 3.2-4, inner circles, oval garnished shield, dividing cypher, m.m. harp (2) (Brooker 668ff; North 2254; Spink 2829), one creased, about fine, the other good fine; also, Group D, Types 3a1 (2), 1635-1636, m.m. crown; another, 1636-1638, m.m tun (Brooker 675-677, 678; North 2257; Spink 2831), both mediocre; additionally, Civil War Issues, Groats (2), Aberystwyth, 1.95g, 7h, m.m. book (Brooker 771 same dies; North 2339; Spink 2893), twice creased, otherwise toned, fine / very fine; another, Exeter, 1644 (Brooker 1071 same dies; North 2579; Spink 3088), creased and on an irregular flan, otherwise fair / fine; also, Commonwealth, Halfgroat, 10h, pierced and plugged, better than fine; lastly, Charles II, Third Hammered Issue, Halfgroat, 10h, m.m. crown, pierced, fair (9)

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