Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Charles I (1625-1649), Confederate Catholics, ‘Rebel Money’, Crown, mm. pellet, 24.57g/7h (S 6558; DF 313, this coin; KM. 66). Flat in places, otherwise very fine and toned, very rare, with an illustrious provenance £8,000-10,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Theo Bullmore Collection of Irish Coins of the Great Rebellion, 1642-1649.

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Provenance: J.B. Bergne Collection, Sotheby Auction, 20-31 May 1873, lot 798; S. Addington Collection; H. Montagu Collection, Part IV, Sotheby Auction, 15 July 1897, lot 268 [from S.A. 1883]; J.G. Murdoch Collection, Part VII, Sotheby Auction, 12-13 December 1904, lot 54; T.W. Barron Collection, Sotheby Auction, 27 February 1906, lot 131; R.C. Lockett Collection, Glendining Auction, 18-19 June 1957, lot 627; SNC May 1970 (5926); G. Brady Collection, Whyte’s Auction (Dublin), 29 April 2000, lot 249