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This could be for you, then? 26066 - Historical Documents, Autographs and Ephemera Pre-bidding begins: 28 August 2026 @ 17:00 Live bidding begins: 23 September 2026 @ 11:00 Lot #: 1016 Title: King Charles I in Oxford 1642 (19 Jan.) letter from Oxford signed at top "Charles R" to Sir Wil... Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000 Description: King Charles I in Oxford 1642 (19 Jan.) letter from Oxford signed at top "Charles R" to Sir William Pennyman reading "We doe hereby give you full power and authority for us and in our name without our county of Northampton, to search for, sieze upon, and take into our custodie all such money, plate, armes, amunicon and horses as you shall receive informacon or find to be remayning in the custody of any person or persons who have contributed any money, plate armes horss or other provision towards the maynteyning the war against us ... that you from tyme to tyme give us an exact account what you have seized, that so owee mai give speedy order for the disposall thereof ... ". An impressive document with dramatic contents illustrating the difficulties in raising funds for the Crown, and the fear that towns would fall to the Parliamentarians. Some usual edgewear otherwise fine. Notes: Pennyman had been a member of parliament for Richmond, Yorkshire, but on the outbreak of war raised a troop of horse and regiment of foot to join the King at Nottingham, fighting at Edgehill. In 1643 he was appointed Governor of Oxford, but died later in that same year. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers. More information can be found here. https://live.spink.com/lots/view/4-ML0WY8 Download the SpinkLive app for yourself -- available from the iTunes App Store (null)

Just returning to this…I agree with your Berwick classification. Re the portrait, it could be all that extra hair on his forehead, that’s unusual? Otherwise it all looks normal to me, the classic wonky chin, all rather Gollumesque 🙂

Spink are offering an Historical Documents auction to their clients which features, among selected rarities, two important collections: The John Webb Collection of Important English Civil War Documents – A collection some 50 years in a ever-so-careful and judicious making… How absolutely fabulous is that? I’d love to have some of those documents!

Hmmm, ok…I’m starting to feel I must be out of touch, that all 3 of the posted coins are marked-up at double their value, yet they wouldn’t be prepared to accept market price on stock that has sat around for a while? Anyway, the post was simply an aside, light coining banter, nothing more. When that Edward I class 1c penny has sold, they’re more than welcome to sell my two! Unfortunately, I’ve already parted with my 1700 shilling for £480, so I might have to sing for the remaining £500 😬

Maybe it’s just your natural approach to things, but I can’t imagine for a second it’ll encourage free unguarded comments going forward, that’s all!

No, just that it’s a very juvenile way of communicating with adults. We’re all interested in these things, but this definitely fell short of the way I like to discuss things with others.

Gosh, let’s be straight with each other, how is that going to encourage future comments on your posts? That’s ridiculously underhand!

That’s an exceedingly unrealistic position you’re holding there! Statistically the chances are very high, so do you buy what is currently available or not?

More than double their market value in these cases, I’ll stand by the post, $/€/£ conversions or otherwise. @coinkat do you think they’re pricing these in expectation of walking away with 50% of the asking price? What surprised me most, and the reason I shared this post in the first place, was my discovery that CNG are actually on eBay at all, it seems a little beneath them, especially with such incredulous pricing. They’re a serious and respected numismatic mainstay, aren’t they?

https://ebay.io/m/xisefw

I’ve definitely seen less convincing overdates and legend errors…I personally think that is a very intriguing coin. I’ll leave it to the penny gurus but, for me, I could easily be convinced there’s a T involved.

I wasn’t so much asking for a grade, just that it was a million miles off being an MS64, even if the reverse was FDC. I did include the link to the upcoming sale, where the reverse is available for viewing. Unfortunately, most people who will be bidding on the coin will only have the integrity of the grading company’s number and the images to back it up. Speaking only for myself, I think both are questionable.

Apparently so! You’d normally expect to be ‘safe’ around those grades…staggeringly bad!