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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 318

The L'Abbaye Collection: Part Two | Charles II (1660-1685), Pattern Shilling, 1663, by Blondeau, in copper, CAROLVS • II • - • DEI • GRATIA • first laureate and draped bust right, rev. MAG • BR • FRA • ET • HI • REX • national emblems saltire incorporating the crowned rose, crowned thistle, crowned fleur-de-lys and crowned maid of Erin with interlocking Cs at centre, edge straight milled, 6h (Hughes 226; Gregory, Part II, 490; BMC [Peck] 488 [R4 ~ Farthing]; ESC 1067A [R6]; Bull 562 [R4]), trace of porosity to otherwise uniformly patinated surfaces, a pleasing very fine, very rare

Provenance

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

Acquired privately from Spink, 23 August 1997

Spink Numismatic Circular, September 1997, no. 4443* - "toned, very fine and extremely rare" - £500




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