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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 45

Charles I, Shilling, 5.94g., Tower mint, group B, type 1b2, m.m. heart, second bust, bust 5, elongated bust breaking the inner circle, king wearing ruff and large richly jewelled crown, reads ma br fr et hi, rev. square shield surmounted by Welsh plumes (Sharp B5/2 and Pl.VIII, 62 (same dies); JGB 436 (same dies); N.2220; S.2781), a piece of "Fine Work', deeply toned, extremely fine, extremely rare thus Estimate £2,500-3,000 provenance: J D Cuff, Sotheby, 8 June 1854, lot 1127 (part) J B Bergne, Sotheby, 20 May 1873, lot 676 ("struck in a collar as if for a proof") W Brice, collection purchased en bloc by H Montagu, 1887 H Montagu, Sotheby, 13 November 1896, lot 329 J G Murdoch, Sotheby, 8 June 1903, lot 215 O Fitch, collection purchased en bloc by Spink, c.1918 A Sangorski, collection dispersed c.1925 V J E Ryan, Glendining, 22 January 1952, lot 1111

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