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Auction: 7018 - Dr R Ferrari English Crowns, R Wilson Scottish Coins, A Louise Irish Coins, K MacKenzie Ottoman Coins & Other Propertie
Lot: 49

Charles I Tower mint under king, 1625-1642, Crown, 29.88g, Group II, Type 2b1, m.m. plume, king, shouldering sword, riding left on caparisoned horse with plume on head only, rev. oval shield, cr above divided by plume (FRC IX/XII; N.2192; S.2756) even tone, a most attractive example, extremely fine, rare Estimate £ 3,000-3,500 provenance L E Bruun, Sotheby, 18-22 May 1925, lot 731 Possibly Lt. Col. T G Taylor, collection purchased by Spink in 1936 Possibly E E Yates, collection purchased by Spink, 1936 R C Lockett, part VII (English part iii), Glendinning, 4-6 November 1958, lot 3385 (illustrated) F R Cooper, Glendining, 8 November 1978, lot 56 E Van Roekel, Spink auction 156, 15 November 2001, lot 29 The ownership of this coin prior to Bruun, as shown in the Lockett sale catalogue, was disproved by Cooper- see ´Look To Your Pedigrees: A Cautionary Tale´, SNC, April 1969

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