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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 317

The L'Abbaye Collection: Part Two | Charles II (1660-1685), 'GARTIA' Error, Shilling, 1663, CAROLVS • II • - • DEI • GARTIA • [sic], first laureate and draped bust right, rev. usual die axis, 63 • MAG • BR • FRA • ET • HI • REX • 16, stop after HIB, crowned shields cruciform, five strings to harp, interlocking Cs in angles, edge straight milled, 6h (Shimmin, SCMB Sept. 1983, pp. 231; Manville [1999], 598 this coin; Hulett III, 162; ESC 1023 [R4]; Bull 503 [R4]; S.3371), usual die flaw below truncation and wear to portrait, otherwise lightly toned with weakness to French shield, the die-sinker's error exceptionally clear, strictly fine, but pleasingly so, extremely rare and with an esteemed pedigree

Provenance

The L'Abbaye Collection of Early Milled Shillings: Part Two

H E Manville, Spink 140, 16 November 1999, lot 598* - "fine, extremely rare"

A H Baldwin, by private treaty, January 1972

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£1,600

Starting price
£400