The ‘Welsh Marches’ Collection of British Coins

Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, Tower mint, Halfcrown, Gp I, type 1b, mm. cross Calvary, housings decorated, no ground line, plume above square-topped shield, 14.96g/9h (Bull 55/5, this coin; SCBI Brooker 289, this coin; N 2203; S 2767). About very fine and very rare
£2,000-£2,600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The ‘Welsh Marches’ Collection of British Coins.

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PROVENANCE: W. Allen Collection, Sotheby Auction, 14-17 March 1898, lot 190; H.W. Morrieson Collection, Sotheby Auction, 20-4 November 1933, lot 466; R.C. Lockett Collection, Part III, Glendining Auction, 4-6 November 1958, lot 3396; J.G. Brooker Collection

Tower mint