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Auction: 4002 - The Marshall Collection of British & World Coins
Lot: 191

Charles II (1660-85), Halfcrown, 1681, elephant and castle below fourth laureate and draped bust right, carolvs.ii. dei.gratia, toothed border both sides, rev. crowned cruciform shields, interlinked C´s in angles, seven strings to harp, garter star at centre, mag. br.fra. et.hib rex. edge, inscribed, + decvs.et.tvtamen.anno. ..regni.tricesimo.tertio+ (ESC 488 R4; S.3370) lightly haymarked both sides, toned with underlying brilliance, nearly extremely fine and the finest known specimen, of the highest rarity thus Estimate £ 6,000-8,000 provenance G Wakeford, Chapman, 19 November 1884, lot 200 H Montagu, Sotheby, 13 November 1896, lot 805 J G Murdoch, Sotheby, 8 June 1903, lot 597 (´extremely fine and excessively rare, “believed to be the finest specimen known”) C E G Mackerell, Sotheby, 14 May 1906, lot 26 Spink Numismatic Circular, July 1942, no.15448 £18-0-0

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