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    Sale 1255

    ANCIENT ENGLISH & FOREIGN COINS/COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS

    Spink London

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    12 - 14 July 2000

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    • Charles I, type 1B, Halfcrown,
    Lot 2042

    Charles I, type 1B, Halfcrown, m.m. cross calvary over lis/cross calvary, king on horseback left, rev. square garnished shield, plume above (JGB 286/-; N.2203; S.2765), struck from a worn obverse die, very fine for this, extremely rare

    Price realised

    GBP 1,012

    Estimate

    GBP 600 - GBP 750

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    Charles I, type 1B, Halfcrown, m.m. cross calvary over lis/cross calvary, king on horseback left, rev. square garnished shield, plume above (JGB 286/-; N.2203; S.2765), struck from a worn obverse die, very fine for this, extremely rare

    Provenance

    Spink Numismatic Circular, April 1911, no. 84608
    H Farquhar, Glendining, 25 April 1955, lot 43

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