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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 304

(x) PCGS AU53 | Charles I (1625-1649), Civil War Issues, Royalist Oxford, Three Pound Piece of Triple-Unite, 1643, New Inn Hall, (p.m) CAROLVS • D : G • MAGN : BRIT : FRAN : ET : HIB : REX • :, crowned tall and larger fine style bust without scarf left, holding long sword and olive branch, plume without band behind, rev. EXVRGAT : DEVS : DISSIPENTVR : INIMICI • : •, RELIG : PROT | LEG : ANG | LIBER : PAR in three-lined wavy continuous scroll, three even plumes bands and • III • above, 1643 below, 26.64g, p.m plume (B-J VI/S9; Schneider II, 296 same dies; Brooker 838A same dies; North 2834; S.2727), specks of red wax in recesses, obverse slightly doubled and softness to areas of the devices, nonetheless with a red-golden tone and pleasingly centred portrait, good very fine, the most iconic albeit short-lived issue of the English Civil War, with an esteemed provenance, rare, in NGC holder graded AU53 (Cert. 45919802)

Provenance

George Hamilton-Smith, Glendining, 23-25 May 1927, lot 31* - "fine and rare" - £26.0.0

https://www.pcgs.com/cert/45919802

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Estimate
£50,000 to £60,000

Starting price
£40000