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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 340

The L'Abbaye Collection: Part Two | Charles II (1660-1685), 'Mule' "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, six strings to harp, interlocking Cs in angles, Garter star at centre, edge obliquely milled, 5h (Pywell-Phillips -; ESC 1057 [R2]; Bull 547 [R3]; S.3378), rubbed but toned, strictly fine / a pleasing bold fine, another undoubted and very rare mule

Provenance

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

Seaby, by private treaty, 30 October 1974

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