Interesting Overstrike

CNG 90, Lot: 2556. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Shilling (32mm, 5.94 g, 12h). Group E (North D), class IIIa. Tower (London) mint; im: crown. Struck 1635-1636. · CAROLVS D’ · G’ · MA’ · BR’ · FR’ · ET HI’ · REX ·, bust 2 left, crowned and mantled; XII to right / · CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO ·, garnished oval coat-of-arms. Sharp E2/2; cf. Brooker 498-502 (for type); North 2225; SCBC 2791. VF, toned, a few scratches, overstruck on another issue. Rare and interesting.

From the Ian Gordon Collection (purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, 2009).