British, Irish and Scottish Coins

Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, 1627/6, Gp B, mm. castle (over negro’s head on rev.), 2.68g/12h (SCBI Brooker 583, this coin; N 2236; S 2807). Fine, rare £90-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Collection of Sixpences formed by the late Alfred Bole.

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Provenance: R.C. Lockett Collection, Part IV, Glendining Auction, 26-7 April 1960, lot 4177 (part); Clonterbrook Trust Collection, Glendining Auction, 7 June 1974, lot 235; J.G. Brooker Collection; bt Spink 1984.

The Carlyon-Britton provenance ascribed to this coin in SCBI Brooker is incorrect; the coin in question is that in the previous lot