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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 374

Charles II (1660-1685), Third Hammered Issues (3), Halfcrown, undated, crowned and draped bust left, value behind, rev. square-topped shield over cross moline, 14.95g, 11h, m.m crown (ESC 302; North 2761 S.3321), on a short flan, slightly off struck, rub to the portrait, otherwise pleasantly lustrous and toned, a bolder fine / almost very fine; also, Shilling, 1660-1662, CAROLVS · II · D : G : MAG · BRI : FRA · ET · HIB : REX, crowned bust left, inner circle and mark of value, rev. (m.m.) · CHRISTO · AVSPICE · REGNO · square-topped shield over cross moline, 4.95g, 2h, m.m. crown (Bull 309 [R2]; ESC 1019; North 2764; S.3322), lightly clipped and toned with lustrous hues in recesses, otherwise a bolder fine; lastly, Sixpence, 1660-1662, similar, 2.67g, 11h, m.m. crown (Bull 319; ESC 1510; North 2767; S.3323), scuffed and porous, otherwise toned, a bolder fine (3)

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The John Noel Simpson Collection of English, Irish and Hiberno-Norse Coins


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