Auction: 22109 - The David Hoover Collection of Crowns: 1551-1953
Lot: 2013
(x) PCGS VF30 | James I (1603-1625), Third Coinage, 'Plumes' Crown, 9 June 1621 - 3 July 1623, Tower, (m.m.) IACOBVS D : G : MAG : BRIT : FRAN : ET HIB : REX, King on horseback trotting right, ground line below, rev. (m.m.) QVÆ DEVS CONIVNXIT NEMO SEPARET, no stops in legend, square-topped and lightly garnished shield surmounted by plume, 9h, m.m. thistle (FRC VIII/XVI, lot 31; North 2121; Spink 2665), small striking cracks to periphery and a flan flaw behind King and on corresponding area of reverse, two small cuts to Irish shield, otherwise uniformly toned, fine / near very fine, very rare, in PCGS holder, graded XF45 (Cert. #35552467)
Provenance
Stack’s Bowers, NYINC, 11 January 2019, lot 40306 - $1,600 - wherein graded PCGS VF30
https://www.pcgs.com/cert/35552467
The plume on the reverse designates the source of this bullion from Welsh mines
Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
Sold for
£4,500
Starting price
£1200