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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 94

Charles I, group II, Halfcrown, 14.95g., Tower, type 2c, piece of fine work, king in armour with sword over his shoulder, on smaller horse walking left, plume on horse´s head, cross on housing, CAROLVS D G MAG BRI FRA ET HIB REX, rev. draped oval garnished shield, between C R, CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO, pellet stops, m.m. harp (JGB 311 (same dies); N.2207; S.2771) very slight marks in fields, otherwise a beautiful coin, carefully struck on a perfectly round, prepared flan, almost extremely fine, extremely rare Estimate £ 3,000-4,000PROVENANCE: Purchased Baldwin, October 2001 This extremely rare piece is the only ´Fine Work´ striking in the Tower Halfcrown series, in contrast to the variety of such attractive pieces, which exists in the Shilling denomination, cf. BNJ XLVII p.109. It corresponds almost exactly to, and was clearly struck at the same time as, the well-known ´Fine Work´ Shilling, Sharp D1/1, mintmark harp (JGB 471). The horseman on Tower Halfcrowns of type 2c is exactly the same as that on type 2a, only the design of the shield on the reverse being altered, but the lettering on the early coins is more elegant and better spaced, which may account for the existence of this specimen piece

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