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FM18927

Charles I Halfcrown Tower Mint, mm star, AU53 finest graded ex Adams

Charles I (1625-49), silver Halfcrown, Tower Mint, group 3a, armoured King on horseback left, with sword and flowing cloak, beaded borders with abbreviated Latin legend surrounding, initial mark star (1640-41) struck over triangle on obverse, .CAROLVS D: G: MAG: BRIT: FRA: ET HIB: REX, rev. oval quartered shield of arms, beaded borders with abbreviated Latin legend surrounding, CHRISTO. AVSPICE. REGNO. weight 15.19g (Bull 400/30 (4-9) this coin; cf.Brooker 364; N.2212; S.2776). Toned, weakly struck in parts, has been slabbed and graded by NGC as AU53, the finest graded and rare for this horseman.

NGC certification 6318175-004 - as of June 2023 this coin is the finest and only one graded at NGC with one inferior example 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 V. J. E. Ryan, second part, Glendining, 22nd January 1952, lot 1098 part.

Ex Bernard Ray Osborne, Glendining, 1991, lot 165 part.

Ex Colin Adams, Collection of Halfcrowns, Spink Coin Auction 177, 1st December 2005, lot 124 part.

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