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Worcester or Shrewsbury mint, Threepence, mm. lis, rev. oval scroll-garnished shield, 1.25g/9h (SCBI Brooker 1177, same dies; Allen A-1; N 2624; S 3117). Pierced, otherwise about very fine and toned £200-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Coins of Charles I From the Lyall Collection.

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Provenance: R. Carlyon-Britton Collection (XIV, 772); bt Seaby 1964.

A disproportionate number of Worcester groats and threepences are found holed. The large size and careful execution of the piercings suggest they were contemporary and that the coins were given as presentation pieces to soldiers, perhaps to be worn in the same way as a Royalist badge – a practice not seen elsewhere