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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 135

Charles II, Crown, 29.84g., 1662, first laureate and draped bust facing right, with frosted cloak and lettering, extra curl on neck and below C, carolvs.ii. dei.gratia, toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, the English and French arms quartered appearing top and bottom, eleven strings to Irish harp, Garter Star at centre, pair of interlinked C's in each angle, date either side of crown, .mag. br.fra. et.hib. rex., edge, inscribed in closely spaced raised letters of upright axis, decvs et tvtamen *+* all between toothed borders (ESC 20A R3; S.3353), light adjustment marks at centre, dig by eye, toned, nearly extremely fine, very rare Estimate £1,500-2,000 provenance E E Yates, collection purchased by Baldwin 1938 H G Paget, Glendining, 25 September 1946, lot 219 for £12

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