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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 345

Charles I (1625-1649), Civil War Issues, Royalist Shrewsbury, 'Declaration' Half-Pound, 1642, (i.m.) CAROLVS : D : G : MAG : BRIT : FRAN : ET : HI : REX • King on horseback left, trampling arms and ground line below, rev. ::•:: EXVRGAT • DEVS • DISSIPENTVR • INIMICI | RELIG : PROT : LEG | ANGL : LIBER : PAR in two lines, three even 'Oxford' plumes and X above, 1 6 4 2 below, 59.376g, 4h, i.m. plume (Ruding XXIII, 5; Hawkins, p. 168, no. 1 ~ 'struck from the die of the Pound'; Morrieson F-6; Montagu III, 543 same dies; Brooker 805 same dies; North 2368; S.2924), the usual die cud flaw at 5 o'clock, otherwise uniformly struck and cabinet toned, a really bold fine to approaching very fine, very scarce

Provenance

The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection (1870-1941)

Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 4 February 1902 - £5.0.0

Spink Numismatic Circular, February 1902 (P.5179, no. 80635) - "Charles I, Half-pound. Shrewsbury, 1642. Mm. Shrewsbury plume. Unpublished variety. RR. very fine" - £5.0.0

H Temple, Sotheby's, 26 November 1901, lot 34 - "Silver. Shrewsbury Half Pound, 1642, m. m. plume without bands on obv. and nine pellets on rev., usual type but no plume behind King, arms without cannon under horse, and reading HI. and ANGL., fine and very rare, unpublished. The Montagu specimen realized £14 10s." - £3.10.0 [Spink]


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Sold for
£3,800

Starting price
£5