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Charles I Halfcrown Tower Mint, mm harp, NGC AU55 finest graded, Ex Brooker
Charles I (1625-49), silver Halfcrown, Tower Mint, group 2c, armoured King on horseback left, with sword on shoulder, decorated horse, sword points to A of legend, beaded borders with abbreviated Latin legend surrounding, initial mark harp (1632-33), .CAROLVS D: G: MA: BR: FR: ET HI: REX, rev. oval quartered shield of arms, C to left, R to right, beaded borders with abbreviated Latin legend surrounding, CHRISTO. AVSPICE. REGNO., weight 15.01g (Bull 162/20; Brooker 313 this coin; N.2207; S.2771). Toned, weakly struck in parts, has been slabbed and graded by NGC as AU55, the finest graded at NGC.
NGC certification 6318175-006 - as of June 2023 this coin is by far the finest graded at NGC with two graded inferior and one other inferior piece graded by PCGS.
The Latin legends translates on obverse 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."
Provenance:
Ex Andrew James West Collection, collection finally sold to Spink and Son Ltd 1961.
Ex John Godfrey Brooker Collection, 313, dispersed by Spink and Son Ltd from 1978.
Ex Mark Rasmussen Numismatist, List 6, Summer 2004, item 155.
Ex Mark Rasmussen Numismatist, List 7, Summer 2005, item 97.
Ex Mark Rasmussen Numismatist, List 16, Winter 2008, item 50.