Charles I Silver Half Pound Shrewsbury

Reference:H0604
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Charles I Silver Half Pound

Shrewsbury

1642

58.95g 46.4mm

Spink – 2923 

North – 2362/67

Brooker - 803 (This coin)

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Obverse:

CAROLVS D G MAGN BRITAN FR ET HIB REX. Shrewsbury horseman over arms, scarf flying from king's waist, plume above.

 

Reverse:

EXVRGAT DEVS DISSIPENTVR INIMICI. Declaration RELIG PROT LEG ANG LIBER PAR in two lines, three plumes with pellets and X above and date 1642 below.

 

Fine and toned. Obverse struck from a pound die reading BRITAN. Extremely rare, this coin being the single Brooker example and Hulett noting only 3 other known examples. 

 

Ex J. G. Brooker Collection - SCBI 33 - No 803

Ex H. M. Lingford Collection, Glendining Auction, 24-6 Oct 1950 - Lot 150 (Illustrated)

Ex F. A. Walters Collection, Part II, Sotheby's Auction, 24 Oct 1932 - Lot 524

H0604

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