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Auction: 21007 - British and World Coins Autumn Auction
Lot: 161

Charles I (1625-1649), Civil War Issues, Royalist Oxford, Crown, 1643, 'Declaration' type, Oxford dies, (m.m.) · CAROLVS : D : G : MAG : BRIT : FRA : ET : HI : REX, King on horseback left, grass below, rev EXVRGAT DEVS : DISSIPENTVR : INIMICI ·:·, RELIG: PROT: LEG | ANG: LIBER: PAR in two lines, three even Oxford plumes and V above, 1643 below, 29.84g, 6h, m.m. plume (Morr. B-1; Brooker 873 same dies; Selig 171 same dies; North 2406; Spink 2947), traces of doubling, some peripheral flecking and a scratch by tail, otherwise a delightful example with rich cabinet tone, a better portrait coin than the Brooker example, good very fine and very rare

Intriguingly the doubling seen on the reverse of this handsome coin is almost identical to that witnessed on the impressive Murdoch coin (Second Portion, lot 120), which had previously proven more than suitable for the likes of Thomas Dimsdale (1130), Dymock (323) and Simpson Rostron (315). Most crucially however that example also belonged to the infamous Colonel Durrant (636), who made a name for himself by swapping out more choice examples of coins for the benefit of his own collection. The subterfuge was only revealed upon his death in 1847, but it is a sound assumption that the Murdoch coin, despite the similarity of the striking fault as seen on the present example was the finest example money could acquire by legitimate, or indeed other means back in the 19th Century!

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