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Auction: 22109 - The David Hoover Collection of Crowns: 1551-1953
Lot: 2031

(x) NGC VF25 | Charles I (1625-1649), Civil War Issues, Oxford, 'Declaration' Half-Pound of 10-Shillings, 1642, Shrewsbury dies, (i.m.) CAROLVS : D : G : MAGN : BRIT : FRAN : ET : HIB : REX •, armoured King on horseback left, horse plain, plume behind, broken arms trampled underfoot, rev. : EXVRGAT : DEVS : DISSIPENTVR : INIMICI, RELIG • PROT • LEG | ANG • LIBER • PAR in two lines, value and three plumes with bands above, 1642 below, 3h, i.m. plume / - (Morr. A-1; Brooker 866; North 2404; Spink 2944), a striking split at 6 o'clock and a score behind bust, softly struck and doubled in legends as usual for issue, fair to about fine, in oversized NGC holder, generously graded VF25 (Cert. #4184461-001)

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Starting price
£1200