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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 332

The L'Abbaye Collection: Part Two | Charles II (1660-1685), "Welsh Plumes" Shilling, 1675, CAROLVS • II • - DEI • GRATIA, second laureate and draped bust right, plume below bust, rev. no stop after HIB, crowned shields cruciform, five strings to harp, interlocking Cs in angles, plume at centre, edge obliquely milled, 5h (Pywell-Phillips -; ESC 1046 [R3]; Bull 532 [R3]; S.3376), scratches below chin and rub to portrait and French shield, otherwise lightly toned, a bolder fine, extremely rare

Provenance

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

Acquired privately from Spink, 2 December 2000

Spink Numismatic Circular, December 2000, MS0085 - "good fine/nearly very fine and extremely rare" - £350

J M Ashby, Spink 145, 12-14 July 2000, lot 2460* - "good fine and extremely rare"

A H Baldwin, by private treaty, 1948

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Starting price
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