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Auction: 22109 - The David Hoover Collection of Crowns: 1551-1953
Lot: 2024

(x) PCGS VF25 | Charles I (1625-1649), Group III, Type 3a, Crown, 1640, Tower (under King), (m.m.) • CAROLVS D.' G.' MAG.' BR.' FR.' ET • HIB.' REX • third horseman left, sword upright, no ground line, rev. -:- (m.m.) -:- CHRISTO • AVSPICE • REGNO, oval garnished shield, 29.19g, 10h, m.m. star / star (Hawkins 3a; Francis 36; FRC XIX/XXVIII, lot 86; Brooker 265; Barr 540; North 2195; Spink 2758), flan split at 10 o'clock, otherwise a broad striking on a large flan, rubbed, nevertheless fine / good fine, and better balanced than the Barr cabinet coin, an extremely rare mintmark, with only seven coins known to Cooper, in oversize PCGS holder, graded VF25 (Cert. #42322733)

Provenance
Wessex Coins, by private treaty [ref. 10189]
Dr John Hulett, Part XIII, DNW 164, 9 October 2019, lot 2199 - 29.08g - £1,000
R Platt (Leeds), by private treaty, 1973



https://www.pcgs.com/cert/42322733

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Sold for
£1,100

Starting price
£900