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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 339

The L'Abbaye Collection: Part Two | Charles II (1660-1685), "Welsh Plumes" Shilling, 1679, 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 1056 [R3]; Bull 548 [R3]; S.3376), rubbed but toned with flashes of attractive iridescence and fiery lustre in recesses, a bolder fine / a pleasing very fine, very rare possibly even more so than Bull's own rarity designation implies

Provenance

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

Acquired privately from Spink, 2 December 2000

Spink Numismatic Circular, December 2000, MS0086 - "attractively toned, very fine and extremely rare" - £650

J M Ashby, Spink 145, 12-14 July 2000, lot 2467* - "toned, nearly very fine / very fine and extremely rare"

A H Baldwin, 1969

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Sold for
£2,500

Starting price
£700