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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 574

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Charles I (1625-1649), Group F, Type 4.4, Shilling, 1643-1644, Tower [under Parliament], (m.m.) • CAROLVS • D .' G .' MAG .' BRI .' FRA .' ET • HIB .' REX • sixth crowned bust left, wearing falling lace collar, large XII behind, rev. • CHRISTO • AVSPICE • REGNO • (m.m.), square-topped shield over short cross moline, 5.49g [84.8grns], 2h, m.m. (P) [over triangle-in-circle on rev. (?)] (Brooker 552/551; Francis 4c; Hawkins 4.4; Sharp G1/2; North 2232; Spink 2800), irregular flan, lightly toned, almost very fine, scarce

Provenance

i) Warwick & Warwick, 10 March 2004, lot 782 - £155

ii) Warwick & Warwick 581, 8 March 2006, lot 104 - £130

iii) T Mathews, by private treaty, 1994 - £130

iv) G V Doubleday collection [with dealer's ticket for £165]



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Sold for
£400

Starting price
£150

Sale 23005 Notices
There are 3 Shillings in this lot (the provenance points to this). Other than the one presented on Spink Live, there is another Group F, 5.56g [85.8grns], 10h, m.m. sun (Brooker 552/551; Francis 4c; Hawkins 4.4; Sharp G1/2; North 2232; Spink 2800), lightly toned and lustrous on an irregular flan, a pleasing very fine, rare

And a Group G, Type 6.6, 1646-1648, (m.m.), square-topped shield over short cross moline, 5.82g [90.0grns], 3h, m.m. sceptre (Brooker 567; Francis 5; Hawkins 4.5; Sharp H1/1; North 2233; Spink 2803), minor striking splits and doubling in legends, otherwise richly cabinet toned with some underlying lustre in recesses, very fine and bolder for issue, rare, the final pyx mark of the fateful King Charles beautifully crisp