The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins

I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, England, Charles I, Briot’s Second Machine-made issue, Shilling, mm. anchor (flukes to right), bust just breaking inner circle, carolvs d g mag brit fr et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 5.87g/90.9gr/6h (SCBI Brooker 728, same obv. die; N 2305; S 2859). Struck on a full flan showing few of the usual signs of blank filing, minor die flaw in second quarter of reverse, otherwise extremely fine and attractively toned £700-£900

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins.

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Provenance: Stack’s Auction (New York), 2-3 December 1998, lot 656; Ponterio Auction 117 (New York), 18-19 January 2002, lot 1680