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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 79

Charles I, group I, Halfcrown, 14.92g., Tower, type 1b, king in armour on horseback left, plumes on horse´s head and rump, no rose on housing, no groundline below, reads MAG BR FR ET HIB, rev. lightly garnished square shield, large plume above, pellet stops on reverse, m.m. negro´s head (JGB 291 (this coin); N.2203; S.2767) light flan flaws on king´s head, and at 9 o´clock on reverse, otherwise an unusually well struck example, on a full flan, very fine, extremely rare Estimate £ 1,200-1,500PROVENANCE: Mrs Street, collection purchased by R Marsham post mortem R Marsham, Sotheby, 19 November 1888, lot 532 H Montagu, Sotheby, 13 November 1896, lot 306 J G Murdoch, 8 June 1903, lot 129 F A Walters, Sotheby, 26 May 1913, lot 602 H W Morrieson, Sotheby, 20 November 1933, lot 466 V J E Ryan, Glendining, 22 January 1952, lot 1086 R Carlyon-Britton, third collection purchased by Seaby, 1959 J G Brooker, SCBI 33, no.291

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