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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 325

The L'Abbaye Collection: Part Two | Charles II (1660-1685), Shilling, 1673, CAROLVS • II • - DEI • GRATIA, second laureate and draped bust right, no stop before DEI, rev. HIB over FRA [?] stop thereafter, crowned shields cruciform, five strings to harp, interlocking Cs in angles, edge obliquely milled, 6h (Pywell-Phillips -; South Downs -; Bull - [cf. 522]; ESC - [cf. 1037]; S.3375), light surface marks and trace porosity, otherwise lightly toned with bluish hues in recesses, a bolder fine / very fine, the die-sinker's error unlisted in all the major reference works, extremely rare thus

Provenance

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

CCA 218, 13 September 2011, lot 466 - almost very fine, light tone, rare, the first we have offered above fine for 10 years" - £480

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£380

Starting price
£200