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Bristol mint, Shilling, 1643, mm. Oxford plume on obv. only, from an Oxford obv. die, rev. Declaration, three plumes above, date below, 5.72g/8h (cf. SCBI Brooker 991; Morr. A-11, this coin; cf. N 2493; cf. S 3011). Weak in places, otherwise good fine and toned, excessively rare; one of only two known specimens £800-1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Coins of Charles I From the Lyall Collection.

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Provenance: H.W. Morrieson Collection, Sotheby Auction, 20-4 November 1933, lot 615 (part); R.C. Lockett Collection, Part III, Glendining Auction, 4-6 November 1958, lot 3486; bt S. Mitchell 2000.

This coin is illustrated in BNJ 1930 in an article by Morrieson entitled ‘Addenda to the Coinages of Thomas Bushell’. It is also discussed in the SNC article, December 2008