Charles I (1625-1649), Newark, Shilling, 1646, smaller jewelled crown, 10 pearls either side of orb, reads newark, 5.56g/12h (Hird 255-9 and SCBI Brooker 1225, same dies; N 2640; S 3143). Cleaned in the past, otherwise about extremely fine £2,000-£2,600

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: M. Lessen Collection, Part III, DNW Auction 168, 29 January 2020, lot 942 [from Spink September 1963]