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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 245

Charles I, Chester mint, Halfcrown, 14.49g., king in armour holding sword upright, on horse with straight tail walking left, no marks in field, rev. crowned oval shield with lion-skin garniture, double pellet stops, three pellets after REX, m.m. cinquefoil on reverse only (JGB 1115 (this coin); Lyall B/III; N.2628; S.3131) a most handsome example, a small flan flaw and scratch on reverse, otherwise on an unusually full oval flan, with an excellent portrait of the king, good very fine for this, very rare Estimate £ 2,500-3,000PROVENANCE: W Talbot Ready, Sotheby, 15 November 1920, lot 711 G Hamilton-Smith, Glendining, 23 May 1927, lot 329 E C Carter, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1950 R Carlyon-Britton, third collection purchased by Seaby, 1959 J G Brooker, SCBI 33, no.1115

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