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Auction: 7023 - The Glenister Collection of British Coins & other Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Comm Medals
Lot: 580

Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint under King, 1625-1642, Unite, 8.99g, Type D, Bust 5a, m.m.bell, crowned bust left, with falling lace collar and unjewelled crown, rev. crowned oval shield, dividing crowned c and r, legend error reading florennt (c.f. Schneider 151-without legend error; Brooker 89-90 - without legend error; N.2153; S.2692), scratches in field and third quarter of shield, weak on king´s chest and in places in legends, good very fine, rare with legend error Estimate £ 1,000-1,200 provenance GV Doubleday, Glendining, 20 November 1961, lot 173 Glendining, 24 November 1976, lot 173 Another example of this coin with the reverse legend error was in the Selig Collection, Spink 70, 31 May 1989, lot 28.

Sold for
£1,700