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Auction 1  25 Sep 2018
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Lot 101

Estimate: 1000 GBP
Price realized: 1100 GBP
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Charles II (1660-85), silver Crown, 1662, first laureate and draped bust right, both ties emanate from an upper curl, rose below, legend and toothed border surrounding, CAROLVS . II. DEI. GRA., rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, interlinked pairs of Cs in angles, garter star at centre, date either side of top crown, .MAG. BR.FRA. ET.HIB. REX., edge inscribed in raised letters widely spaced between grained borders, .DECVS. ET. TVTAMEN*, weight 29.88g (Bull 340; Broad AA.3; ESC 15A; S.3350). Toned perhaps a little artificially, some small nicks and marks, bust possibly with some striping or frosting on the drapery, a patch of light haymarking on reverse, otherwise a bold to good very fine.

Provenance:
Ex Mark Rasmussen Numismatist, Surrey, list number 21, Spring 2011, item 112.

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