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1643 Charles I Oxford Mint Half Unite - TOP POP "FINEST KNOWN"
£19,975
Charles I (1625-49), Oxford Mint (1642 - 46) Gold Half-Unite, 1643, crowned bust of King in lace collar left extending to bottom of coin, value X in field behind, CAROLVS. D: G: M: BR: FR: ET. HI: REX., rev. Declaration in three wavy lines at centre, RELIG. PROT. / LEG. ANGL. / .LIBER. PAR., date below, three Oxford plumes above, initial mark pellet, .EXVRGAT DEVS. DISSIPENTVR. INIMICI., (S.2742; N.2395; Schneider 332; Brooker 858; Beresford-Jones dies III/5)
An extraordinary survivor of the English Civil War. Struck at the Kings Royalist Capital at the New Hall Inn. NGC Graded AU58 + and the single finest graded example of this most sought after civil war only issued coin from Oxford.