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Auction XIX  26-27 Mar 2020
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Lot 1052

Estimate: 500 GBP
Price realized: 500 GBP
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Great Britain, Charles II (1660-1685) AR 1/2 Crown. Third hammered series, 1662. (crown) CAROLVS • II • D : G : MAG : BR : FR : ET • HIB : REX, crowned and draped bust left; XXX (mark of value) behind / (crown) • CHRISTO • AVSPICE • REGNO •, long cross fourchée over quartered shield of arms. SCBC 3321; N. 2761; Bull 302. 15.43g, 33mm, 6h.

Very Fine; good for this normally weakly struck issue. Rare; a two year type.

Acquired from Stanley Gibbons (Guernsey) Limited, prior to 2017 (£1,350).

This coin is from the last series of English hammered coins before the ancient method of striking coins by hand was superseded by milled coinage in 1663.
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