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Auction 185 1-2 Dec 2020
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English Coins from the Collection of the late Dr John Hulett (Part XX: Final)
Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, a trial striking of puncheons (without legends) for a Shilling, in silver, Gp G, type 4.4, Briot bust with stellate lace collar, rev. shield, 4.94g/5h (cf. Sharp G1/2; cf. SCBI Brooker 1268). Bluntly struck on a lozenge-shaped flan, very fine and superior to the Brooker specimen, excessively rare £400-£500
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Provenance: Glendining Auction, 6 November 1985, lot 73; bt Baldwin November 1990.
Judging by the colour and patination of this piece, the fineness of the silver used appears to be somewhat below the usual sterling standard for the coinage of the time
Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, a trial striking of puncheons (without legends) for a Shilling, in silver, Gp G, type 4.4, Briot bust with stellate lace collar, rev. shield, 4.94g/5h (cf. Sharp G1/2; cf. SCBI Brooker 1268). Bluntly struck on a lozenge-shaped flan, very fine and superior to the Brooker specimen, excessively rare £400-£500
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Provenance: Glendining Auction, 6 November 1985, lot 73; bt Baldwin November 1990.
Judging by the colour and patination of this piece, the fineness of the silver used appears to be somewhat below the usual sterling standard for the coinage of the time