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Auction: 5020 - The Ivan Buck Collection and Other Properties
Lot: 470

Charles I, Double-crown, 4.56g., Tower mint, group E, class II, fifth bust, bust 9, smaller ´Aberystwyth´ bust with prominent lace collar, single-arched crown, reads MA BR FR ET HI, rev. crowned oval garnished shield, with crowned C R at sides, m.m. triangle (over anchor on obverse) (c.f. Schneider 206; N.2173; S.2705), a lovely example, crisply struck on a full flan, attractively toned with extensive golden lustre, extremely fine, very rare thus Estimate £ 1,200-1,500PROVENANCE: Lord St. Oswald, Christie, 13 October 1964, lot 23 Sheffield collection, Spink Noble Numismatics, sale no.43, 17 November 1993, lot 2736 Spink Numismatic Circular, October 1994, no.6407

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