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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 388

Charles II (1660-1685), First Hammered Issue, Twopence, c. 1660-1662, Tower, CAROLVS · II · D · G · MAG · BRIT · FR · ET · HIB · REX, crowned and armoured bust left with long hair and falling lace collar, rev. CHRISTO· AVSPICE· REGNO, square shield over long cross fleury, 0.95g, 6h, i.m. crown [on obverse only] (ESC 2161; Bull 275; North 2770; S.3310), doubled to reverse, otherwise darkly cabinet toned, a pleasing very fine, scarce; another, Second Hammered Issue, Machine-Made Twopence, c. 1660-1662, Tower, initial mark crown both sides, ·CAROLVS · II · D : G : M : B : F : ET · H : REX · crowned and armoured bust left with long hair and falling lace collar, mark of value behind bust, no inner circle, rev. · CHRISTO · AVSPICE · REGNO · square shield over long cross fleury, no inner circle, 0.96g, 6h, m.m. crown (ESC 2167; Bull 582; S.3317), light cabinet tone overlying lustrous surfaces, colourfully so behind crown, a pleasing very fine or better, scarce thus (2)

Provenance

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

i) Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 4 February 1899 - £0.5.0

Spink Numismatic Circular, February 1899 (P.3237, no. 51986) - "rare, extremely fine" - £0.5.0




ii) Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 4 February 1899 - £0.6.6

Spink Numismatic Circular, February 1899 (P.3237, no. 51987) - "Second Coinage, smaller and more circular, m.m. on both sides, numerals but no inner circles, Rud. XXXIII, 9, scarce, F.D.C." - £0.6.6


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