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Tower mint, Shilling, Gp D, mm. harp, bust 1, pellet stops, rev. plume above shield, single and five-pellet stops, 5.85g/6h (Sharp D1/2; SCBI Brooker 470, this coin; N 2224; S 2790). Some obverse surface marks, otherwise about very fine with old cabinet tone, extremely rare; six specimens known, two of which were in the Prestbury Hoard £1,500-2,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Coins of Charles I From the Lyall Collection.

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Provenance: J.J. Nunn Collection, Sotheby Auction, 27 November-2 December 1896, lot 410; T. Bliss Collection, Part II, Sotheby Auction, 15-19 May 1916, lot 378 (part); R. Carlyon-Britton Collection, Sotheby Auction, 17-18 October 1921, lot 290; E.H. Wheeler Collection, Sotheby Auction, 12-14 March 1930, lot 377; H.W. Morrieson Collection, Sotheby Auction, 20-4 November 1933, lot 582; V.M. Brand Collection; R.C. Lockett Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 11-17 October 1956, lot 2315; E. Burstal Collection, Glendining Auction, 15-16 May 1968, lot 302; bt Spink 1981