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Auction: 22109 - The David Hoover Collection of Crowns: 1551-1953
Lot: 2029

(x) PCGS VF30 | Charles I (1625-1649), Civil War Issues, Shrewsbury, 'Declaration' Crown, 1642, •CAROLVS : D : G : MAG : BRIT • FRAN • ET • HIBER • REX, armoured King on horseback left, horse plain, large plume behind, rev. •:•:• EXVRGAT : DEVS : DISSIPENTVR : INIMICI, RELIG • PROT • LEG | ANG • LIBER • PAR in two lines, value and three Shrewsbury plumes above, 1642 below, 30.56g, 4h, m.m. pellet / seven pellets (Morr. B-5; Brooker 809; North 2370; Spink 2926), striking cracks at 2 and 5 o'clock and two scratches in field before horse, otherwise delightfully cabinet toned across original surfaces, slight peripheral softness otherwise a choicer example for issue, a pleasing very fine, a rare reverse die, in PCGS holder, perhaps conservatively graded VF30 (Cert. #80833317)

Provenance
Michael S Tallent, Stack's, 24 April 2008, lot 96 - $4,250
Spink 169, 15 July 2004, lot 254 - £2,200



https://www.pcgs.com/cert/80833317

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Sold for
£3,200

Starting price
£2700