Auction: 22109 - The David Hoover Collection of Crowns: 1551-1953
Lot: 2019
(x) NGC MS62 | *Single Finest Certified* | Charles I (1625-1649), Briot's First Milled Issue, Crown, 1631, Tower (under King), (m.m.) • CAROLVS D.' G.' MAGN • BRITAN • FRAN • ET • HIBER • REX • Briot's horseman left, sword upright, grassy ground line, rev. • CHRISTO • AVSPICE • REGNO • (m.m.), oval garnished shield dividing crowned C-R, 29.99g, 6h, m.m. flower and B / B (Brooker 714; North 2298; Spink 2852), some minor flawing to fields, otherwise handsomely cabinet toned and a pleasingly bold very fine, the reverse with further traces of adjustment on shield, otherwise approaching extremely fine, in NGC holder, favourably graded MS62 (Cert. #2810939-001) [*Single Finest Certified"]
Provenance
C J Boismaison, Part I, DNW 138, 12 December 2016, lot 2014 [with his ticket];
Bennett [Monmouth], London Coin Fair, by private treaty, 10 June 2006
Rasmussen FPL 8, Summer 2005, no. 157 - some very slight striking stress fissures on obverse, toned, almost EF - £3,250
https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/2810939-001/62/
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Sold for
£5,000
Starting price
£3500