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KM38164

Charles I Crown, Tower mint under Parliament issue Type 4, initial mark sun

Charles I (1625-49),silver Crown, Tower Mint under Parliament, type IV, armoured King on horseback left with raised sword and flowing sash, Latin legend and beaded borders surrounding both sides, initial mark sun both sides (1645-46), CAROLVS. D; G; MAG; BRI; FRA; ET. HIB; REX,rev.oval quartered shield of arms, .:. CHRISTO. AVSPICE. REGNO .:., weight 28.48g (Brooker 272; Cooper dies XXIV/XXXVII; N.2198; S.2761).Attractively toned, well struck for a Parliamentary issue, good very fine and very rare this well preserved.

The abbreviated obverse legend translates as "Charles, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland." and on the reverse "I reign under the auspice of Christ."

This coin is of the correct weight for the issue with usual raised die striations showing on such well struck and preserved pieces. The genuine die varieties are all recorded by F. R. Cooper in his 1968 article "Silver Crowns of the Tower Mint of Charles I" in the British Numismatic Journal viewable online at www.britnumsoc.org

Provenance:

Ex Older Collection from the Isle of Man, Bruun Rasmussen, auction 920, 30th April 2024, lot 324.

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