Coins, Historical Medals & Paper Money

Charles I (1625-1649), Bristol mint, Halfcrown, 1644, mm. plumelet, large plume behind horseman, br monogram below, rev. Declaration in two lines, three Bristol plumes above, date and br monogram below, 13.96g/2h (Bull 643/6b; Morr. D-6b; SCBI Brooker 983ff; N 2491; S 3009). Good very fine with old cabinet tone, probably much as struck £800-1,000

Provenance: Glenister Collection, Spink Auction 190, 27 September 2007, lot 496 [from Baldwin November 1944]