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The Largest Hammered Silver Coin Ever Produced, the Oxford Pound
Charles I (1625-49), silver Pound of Twenty Shillings, dated 1642, Oxford Mint, King on horseback left, walking over arms and militaria, Oxford plumes behind to upper right, beaded circles and legend surrounding, initial mark Oxford plumes, CAROLVS: D: G: MAGNI: BRITANI: FRANC: ET: HIBER: REX, rev. two line Latin motto at centre, RELIG. PROT. LEG / ANG. LIBER. PAR, three oxford plumes over value of .XX. above, date below, beaded circles and legend surrounding, legend commences at left, initial mark seven pellets, EXVRGAT: DEVS: DISSIPENTVR: INIMICI, weight 119.73g, diameter 53mm, thickness 5mm (Brooker 861; North 2399; S.2939). Toned the obverse double struck with some flan imperfections around rim and usual hammered edge, tiny letter C punch marked into edge, the reverse well struck by the double strike of the obverse, just a couple of tiny black digs to upper right rim and some other superficial digs in places, otherwise good very fine for this incredibly hard to strike largest hand-made silver coin in the British series, rare.
The Latin legends translate as on the obverse "Charles, by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland." On the reverse the outer legend translates as "Let God arise and let His enemies be scattered." A Psalm from the Bible (Psalm 68.1). The motto across the centre translates as "The religion of the Protestants, the laws of England, the liberty of Parliament."
The tiny letter C stamped in the edge is thought to indicate that the coin was once in the collection of Count Emeryk Hutten-Czapaski (1828-96) of Krakow, Poland, who sold his collection of some 900 Russian coins to Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia (1863-1919), the sale of which financed the collecting of further world coins, perhaps including the piece herewith.
Provenance:
Ex St James Auction 26, 5th March 2014, lot 21.
Ex A. H. Baldwin, Fixed Price List, Summer 2015, item BH025.
Ex Baldwin of St James, Auction 10, 22nd September 2017, lot 3037.
Charles I (1625-49), silver Pound of Twenty Shillings, dated 1642, Oxford Mint, King on horseback left, walking over arms and militaria, Oxford plumes behind to upper right, beaded circles and legend surrounding, initial mark Oxford plumes, CAROLVS: D: G: MAGNI: BRITANI: FRANC: ET: HIBER: REX, rev. two line Latin motto at centre, RELIG. PROT. LEG / ANG. LIBER. PAR, three oxford plumes over value of .XX. above, date below, beaded circles and legend surrounding, legend commences at left, initial mark seven pellets, EXVRGAT: DEVS: DISSIPENTVR: INIMICI, weight 119.73g, diameter 53mm, thickness 5mm (Brooker 861; North 2399; S.2939). Toned the obverse double struck with some flan imperfections around rim and usual hammered edge, tiny letter C punch marked into edge, the reverse well struck by the double strike of the obverse, just a couple of tiny black digs to upper right rim and some other superficial digs in places, otherwise good very fine for this incredibly hard to strike largest hand-made silver coin in the British series, rare.
The Latin legends translate as on the obverse "Charles, by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland." On the reverse the outer legend translates as "Let God arise and let His enemies be scattered." A Psalm from the Bible (Psalm 68.1). The motto across the centre translates as "The religion of the Protestants, the laws of England, the liberty of Parliament."
The tiny letter C stamped in the edge is thought to indicate that the coin was once in the collection of Count Emeryk Hutten-Czapaski (1828-96) of Krakow, Poland, who sold his collection of some 900 Russian coins to Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia (1863-1919), the sale of which financed the collecting of further world coins, perhaps including the piece herewith.
Provenance:
Ex St James Auction 26, 5th March 2014, lot 21.
Ex A. H. Baldwin, Fixed Price List, Summer 2015, item BH025.
Ex Baldwin of St James, Auction 10, 22nd September 2017, lot 3037.