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Auction: 22109 - The David Hoover Collection of Crowns: 1551-1953
Lot: 2048

(x) NGC AU Details | Charles II (1660-1685), Crown, 1670 VICESIMO SECUNDO, second laureate and draped bust right, rev. crowned shields cruciform, nine strings to harp, lettered edge downwards, 5h (Bull 380; ESC 40; Spink 3357), adjustment marks and scratches in fields, with a die flaw below bust, brazenly artificially retoned since last we offered for auction, nevertheless the struck details a superbly bold very fine, consequently desirable in spite of the numismatic subterfuge, in NGC holder, distractingly graded AU Details ~ Tooled (Cert. #5709663-001)

Provenance
Baldwin FPL, Spring 2019, no. 143 - 'good very fine for issue, particularly detailed in the hair' - £2,500
Spink 258, 28 January 2019, lot 1246 - a die flaw below truncation, with some surface rub and scratching in fields, otherwise lightly toned, a pleasing very fine, the edge lettering bold - £950 https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/5709663-001/NGCDetails/

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Sold for
£1,000

Starting price
£750