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Auction 20004  24 Mar 2020
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Lot 299

Starting price: 180 GBP
Price realized: 200 GBP
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Charles I (1625-49), Halfcrown, a contemporary forgery from false dies, struck in base silver, in the style of Oxford, '1634', 12.38g, 12h, m.m. '88', •(m.m.)• carolvs • d • g • mag • br. fr • et • h • rex, crude horseman left, plume by tail, no ground line, rev. no m.m. (legend begins at 4 o'clock), exvgatf • devs : dissipentia • oxonia [sic], re[....] leg | ang e[t] • par in two lines, three plumes above, date below (Brooker -; N -; S -), a mysterious coin with original legends and probable deliberate mis-dating. only good to fair, but seemingly unrecorded, very rare.
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Major Poll, SJA 12, 5 November 2009, lot 1330 - £440
Estimate: £250 - £350
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