Lot 169
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Charles I, Oxford mint, Sixpence, 2.91g., 1643, m.m. book on obv. only, from the same obv. die as the last, rev. three Oxford plumes above declaration, 1643 below (Morr. A-1; JGB 952 (same rev. die); N.2458; S.2980A (S.2980)), extremely fine, attractively toned, rare
Charles I, Oxford mint, Sixpence, 2.91g., 1643, m.m. book on obv. only, from the same obv. die as the last, rev. three Oxford plumes above declaration, 1643 below (Morr. A-1; JGB 952 (same rev. die); N.2458; S.2980A (S.2980)), extremely fine, attractively toned, rare

Details
Charles I, Oxford mint, Sixpence, 2.91g., 1643, m.m. book on obv. only, from the same obv. die as the last, rev. three Oxford plumes above declaration, 1643 below (Morr. A-1; JGB 952 (same rev. die); N.2458; S.2980A (S.2980)), extremely fine, attractively toned, rare
Provenance
J G Murdoch, Sotheby, 8 June 1903, lot 259 (part)
F G Hilton Price, Sotheby, 7 April 1910, lot 45 (part)
R C Lockett, Glendining, 17 October 1961, lot 4560 (part)
N Asherson, Spink Auction 6, 10 October 1979, lot 80
Ramsay Pepperell, Spink Auction 46, 9 October 1985, lot 239

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