Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, Shilling, Gp F, mm. anchor, flukes to right, bust 5, large mark of value, pellet stops both sides, 6.05g/12h (Sharp F5/1; SCBI Brooker 529; N 2230; S 2797). Small flan flaw behind head, otherwise very fine, reverse nearly extremely fine, rare £200-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, English Coins from the Collection of the late Dr John Hulett.

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Provenance: H.M. Lingford Collection [from Baldwin May 1949]; R.C. Lockett Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 11-17 October 1956, lot 2320 (part); Patrick Finn FPL 16, May 1999 (336).

One of the very last coins acquired by R.C. Lockett, prior to his death on 23 May 1950; Lingford, the previous owner and famously insatiable collector of British coins, had committed suicide only three months previously