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1626 - 7 Charles I Negros Head Halfcrown
Charles I (1625 - 49), Tower Mint under the King (1625 - 42) Halfcrown, Group I, type 1b, mm. negro’s head (1626-7), housings decorated, no ground line, rev. plume above square-topped shield (S.2767; N.2203; Brooker 291 [this coin]; Hqqawkins 1b: Bull 64/7 [this coin]) weight 14.92 grams
Nearly Extremely fine and one of the rarest Halfcrowns of the Tower Mint series. Its predigree, alone just as impressive as this excessively rare Halfcrown.
Provenance
Ex Mrs Street Collection, purchased by the Hon R. Marsham post mortem
Ex Hon. Robert W. Marsham [-Townsend] Collection, Sothebys 19.XI.1888, lot 532
Ex Hyman Montagu Collection, Part II, Sothebys 13. xi. 1896, Lot 306
Ex J. G. Murdoch Collection, Sothebys 8.vi.1903, lot 129
Ex Frederick Arthur Walters Collection, Part I, Sothebys 26.v. 1913, lot 602
Ex Lt-Col. H E Morrieson, Sothebys 20.xi.1933 [part 3] ,lot 466
Ex Valentine J Ryan Collection, Glendinings, 28.vi. 1950, lot 1086
Ex J G Brooker Collection, Syllogue Number 291
Ex Colin Adams Collection, Spink Auction 177, 1.12.2005, lot 177
Ex Maurice Bull Collection