The Michael Gietzelt Collection of British and Irish Coins (1625-1660)

Charles I (1625-1649), Late Declaration issues, Bridgnorth-on-Severn (?), Shilling, 1646, mm. plumelet over Br on obv. only, plume before face, scroll and three plumes above Declaration, date below, 5.11g/3h (Morr. A-3; SCBI Brooker 1128; N 2521; cf. S 3039A, 3040). Good fine but obverse surfaces porous, rare £1,000-£1,200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Michael Gietzelt Collection of British and Irish Coins (1625-1660).

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Provenance: J. Tooze Collection, DNW Auction 163, 18-19 September 2019, lot 1320.

Just as dies were transferred from Oxford to Bristol in 1643, this obverse die, with its Br mintmark, would have left Bristol after the city was taken by the Parliamentarians under General Fairfax in September 1645