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Auction: 7010 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Comm Medals
Lot: 406

Charles I, Shilling, 5.93g., Briot´s first milled issue, crowned bust left, truncation breaks inner circle, value behind, reads magn. britann.fran. et. hib., rev. long cross fourchée over shield, legend commences at bottom of shield, m.m. b (Brooker 715A - this coin; N.2300; S.2854), a little off centre, die flaw on reverse, otherwise about extremely fine, most attractively toned retaining some brilliance, extremely rare Estimate £ 1,000-1,400 provenance: L E Bruun, Sotheby, 18th-22nd May, 1925, lot 752 R C Lockett, lot 2355 J G Brooker, portion of collection acquired by Spink, March 1978

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