Charles I 1643 Rawlins Pound and Charles II 1663 Petition Crown
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Charles I Rawlins Pound 1643 Obv by Thomas Rawlins. Artistic portrait of king on strident horse trampling over arms. Rev' Three Oxford plumes & mark of value above declaration with date below. Ex Sotheby 9/10/1979 lot133: Spink 27/3/91 lot 138: Spink 5/10/2000 lot 501 (Illustrated on cover). Some die striations to obv' apparent but a desirable piece with good detail & a great presence. Extremely Rare so fine NEF
Charles II Crown 1663 (THE CELEBRATED PETITION CROWN BY THOMAS SIMON). Obv' Large medallic laureate bust with Simon in script below. Portrait fully frosted the legends with fine line borders & frosting. Rev' Four crowned shields, between them interlinked Cs. St George & dragon in centre. Edge inscribed in two lines - THOMAS SIMON HUMBLY PRAYS YOUR MAJESTY TO COMPARE THIS HIS TRYALL PIECE WITH THE DUTCH & IF MORE/ TRULY DRAWN & EMBOSS'D MORE GRACE FULLY ORDER'D & MORE ACCURATELY ENGRAVEN TO RELIEVE HIM. Provenance - Dimsdale 1824: Thomas 1844: Cuff 1854: Marsham 1888: Clarke 1891: Webb 1894: Forster 1903: Roth 1917: Taylor: Wheeler 1930: Raynes 1962: Norweb 1985: Perly Storer 1995: Noble: St James's auction 2008: A little rubbing in field before face (in antiquity) otherwise a magnificent example of this great rarity, the most spectacular & desirable coin in the entire British series. Deeply toned & Extremely Fine. (Please note a Reddite crown sold in Spink in 2014 for £409,000 inc) The petition crown is far more desirable than the Reddite) Excessively rare, one of three specimens available to collectors.
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Beautiful coins, congrats on both. Would love to have both in my british collection.
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The petition crown is cool.
Another website calls it (the Norweb specimen) damaged/repaired however.
I suspect a little smoothing in the field. It doesn't look bad overall. I'd take it.