Charles I (1625-1649), Shrewsbury mint, Half-Pound, 1642, mm. four pellets on obv., two on rev., Shrewsbury horseman left, plume behind, cannon and arms below, rev. Declaration, three plumes above, date below, 59.53g/2h (Morr. D-3; SCBI Brooker 803, same dies; N 2362/2367; S 2923). Obverse struck from a Pound die, some slight weakness, good fine, very rare
£1,200-1,500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, English Coins from the Collection of the late Dr John Hulett.

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Provenance: W.D. Ferguson Collection, SCMB September 1960 (921); SCMB July 1963 (8150); Patrick Finn FPL 11, November 1997 (362); DNW Auction 37, 8 September 1998, lot 517; bt R.K. Richardson June 1999.

The vendor’s ticket states ‘only four known’