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Auction: 22109 - The David Hoover Collection of Crowns: 1551-1953
Lot: 2018

(x) PCGS VF30 | Charles I (1625-1649), Group II, Type 2b1, Crown, 1630-1631, Tower (under King), (m.m.) • CAROLVS • D.' G.' MAG.' BRIT.' FRA.' ET • HIB.' REX •:• smaller second horseman left, plume on headdress, sword over right shoulder to right of A, cross on housing, no ground line, rev. (m.m.) • CHRISTO •:• AVSPICE ••:•• REGNO ••:•• oval garnished shield over cross fourchée, dividing C-R and plume above, 29.92g, 2h, m.m. plume (Hawkins 2b2; Francis 15, lot 106; FRC X/XIII, lot 57 this coin; Brooker 243 same dies; Barr 31; North 2192; Spink 2756), faint stress marks on horse's flank and in corresponding area of shield to reverse, otherwise darker cabinet tone, strictly fine, the peripheries bolder still, the reference coin from the Cooper collection, a notable and rare die combination not present in the Lockett cabinet, in PCGS holder, graded VF30 (Cert. #36195699) [Single Finest Certified]

Provenance
Baldwin, by private treaty, February 2017, £2,500
DNW 85, 17 March 2010, lot 96
'A Collection of English Silver Crowns', Glendining, 6 September 1989, lot 2
F R Cooper, Glendining, 8 November 1978, lot 57
'A Selection of Silver Coins of Charles I', SCMB, March 1967, H1114 - F, R - £60.0.0



https://www.pcgs.com/cert/36195699

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Sold for
£1,400

Starting price
£1000