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All auctions / Coins & Banknotes / NGC AU58 | *Top Pop* | Charles II (1660-1685), First Hammered Issue

GC AU58 | *Top Pop* | Charles II (1660-1685), First Hammered Issue, Shilling, 1660-1662, Tower, (m.m.) CAROLVS • II • D • G • MAG • BRIT • FR • ET • HIB • REX, crowned and armoured bust left with long hair and falling lace collar, rev. CHRISTO • AVSPICE • REGNO, square shield over long cross fleury, 6.03g [93.06grns], 2h, m.m. crown (ESC 273; North 2762; S.3308), a hint of rub to highest points and striking softness below Irish shield, otherwise attractively toned and residually lustrous, a glorious coin, near extremely fine, the reverse better, very rare thus and with a exemplary provenance, in NGC holder, graded ALMOST UNCIRCULATED 58 (Cert. #8537699-003) [*Single Finest Certified*] Provenance Spink, by private treaty [ref. CS(S) 0155], 1 March 1979 - £1,400 Ernest H Wheeler, Sotheby, 12-14 March 1930, lot 497 [Pl. XV] - "extremely fine and rare" Grant R Francis, Glendining, 24-26 March 1920, lot 339 - "well toned, and a very fine coin" The Property of a London Collector, Sotheby, 24 February 1919, lot 78 - "rare and very fine" - £3.0.0 [Francis] Henry W Thorburn, Sotheby, 27 November 1918, lots 295, 296 or 297 https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8537699-003/58/ Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Estimate:£5,000
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MYNT, 2 ST, 1/6 RIKSDALER GUSTAV IV ADOLPH, 1808 & 1 RIKSDAL, GUSTAV
09/29/2026
£241.03
Est: £227.23

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