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Auction: 25004 - British and World Coins and Medals
Lot: 100

(x) NGC AU55 | Charles I (1625-1649), Group 1, Type 1a, Crown, 1625-1626, Tower (under King), (m.m.) : • CAROLVS : D : G : MAG : BRIT : FRA : ET : HIB : REX : first horseman left, ornately decorated caparison, sword over right shoulder breaking inner circle, plume on headdress and on housing, rev. CHRISTO • AVSPICE • REGNO • (m.m.), square-topped and garnished shield over long cross fourchée, 29.76g [459.27grns], 6h, m.m. lys (Francis 1A; FRC I/I; Brooker 229; North 2190; S.2753), a uniform and pleasing strike, with a rich cabinet blue tone, near extremely fine albeit for softness to Horse's visage, nonetheless an imposing cabinet specimen of this 'Coronation' Crown with a fine pedigree, in NGC holder, graded AU55 (Cert. #8222328-001)

Provenance

A H Baldwin, by private treaty, ref. CM001830

J M Ashby, Spink 145, 12-14 July 2000, lot 2010 - £1,250 [with his ticket, stating]

Spink, by private treaty, June 1954

Spink Numismatic Circular, June 1954, no. 5320 - "a large round coin, nearly EF" - £15.10.0

H Platt Hall, Part III, Glendining, 26-27 July 1950, lot 117* - the English collection purchased en bloc by Spink prior to auction in response to the loss of the Dr Ernest Christison Carter collection to A H Baldwin

"The Property of a Baronet", Sotheby's, 6-7 February 1899, lot 61 - "very fine" - £2.14.0 [Spink]



Further investigation by this cataloguer tentatively suggests the otherwise unknown "Baronet" was a client of well-known dealer and Spink numismatic forebear Matthew Young; creating his cabinet during the 1820s and 1830s.



https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222328-001/55/



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Sold for
£4,200

Starting price
£1400