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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 333

The L'Abbaye Collection: Part Two | Charles II (1660-1685), "Welsh Plumes" Shilling, 1676, 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, 6h (Pywell-Phillips -; ESC 1049 [R2]; Bull 540 [R2]; S.3376), richly cabinet toned with colourful reddish-orange hues overlying lustre in legends, a bolder fine / almost very fine, extremely rare

Provenance

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

Acquired privately from Spink, 6 March 1975

Spink Numismatic Circular, March 1975, no. 2144 - £90

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Sold for
£1,700

Starting price
£500