Important British and World Coins

Charles I (1625-1649), Crown, 1642, no mm, Shrewsbury horseman, Shrewsbury plume behind, groundline below, rev. three Shrewsbury plumes and mark of value between pellets above Declaration, date below, 29.69g/5h (Morr. B-3; SCBI Brooker 807; N 2370; S 2926). On a slightly irregular flan with fine hairline striking crack at 5 and 11 o’clock, otherwise very fine, rare (£1,500-1,800)

Provenance:
N. Asherson Collection, Spink Auction 6, 10-11 October 1979, lot 638
bt J. Lepczyk