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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 203

Charles I, Bristol mint, Halfcrown, 15.21g., 1644, ´Bristol´ horseman, smaller equestrian portrait of king walking left, holding sword upright, no ground below, small Shrewsbury plume behind, reads MAG BR FR ET HI, rev. declaration RELIG:PROT LE:AN:LI:PA in two lines, three Bristol plumes above, date below, double/single pellet stops, m.m. plume/Br monogram (JGB 981 (same obv. die); Morr. B-1; N.2489; S.3007) struck on an oval flan, legend weak in parts, otherwise with a pleasing old tone, good very fine Estimate £ 800-1,000PROVENANCE: H M Lingford, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1951

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