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Auction: 5020 - The Ivan Buck Collection and Other Properties
Lot: 473

Charles I, Oxford mint, Unite, 9.01g., 1643, shorter and wider crowned bust left, in armour holding sword and olive branch, mark of value XX behind, reads MAG BR FR ET HIBER, rev. declaration RELIG:PROT LEG:ANG LIBER:PAR in three lines on scroll, three Oxford plumes above, date below, m.m. Oxford plume on obverse only (B-J dies VIII/S9; Schneider 314 (same dies); N.2389; S.2734), a minute striking crack at 7 o´clock, lightly double struck on obverse, otherwise an exceptionally full round coin, almost extremely fine, rare Estimate £ 3,000-4,000PROVENANCE: Christie´s, 19 November 1963, lot 174

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