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Auction 22004  23 Jan 2022
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Lot 49

Starting price: 8000 GBP
Price realized: 10 000 GBP
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Charles II (1649-1660), First Hammered Issue, Shilling, 1660-1662, crowned bust left, no inner circles or mark of value, rev. square-topped shield over cross moline, 6.02g, 10h, m.m. crown [on obv. only] (Bull 273; ESC 1009; North 2762; Spink 3308), on a remarkably full if slightly elliptical flan, beautifully cabinet toned, almost extremely fine / the reverse much as issued with lustrous flare, very rare in this attractive state and with an excellent pedigree.
Provenance
H M Lingford collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1951
Baldwin, October 1949
Henry Webb, First Portion, Sotheby's, 9-14 July 1894, lot 649 - extremely fine - £4.0.0 (with Webb's ticket, stating: 'finest I ever saw') [Lincoln]
Bank of England Duplicates, Sotheby's, 13 July 1877, lot 137 [part] - fine and rare - £1.10.0 [Webb]
Estimate: £8000 - £10000
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