British and Scottish Hammered Silver Coins

Charles I (1625-1649), Pontefract, Shilling, 1648, type I, thick lettering, large c r, 4.84g/11h (Hird 272-4, same dies; SCBI Brooker 1231, same dies; N 2646; S 3148). Surfaces granular and partly fire-damaged (?), otherwise nearly very fine, very rare
£2,000-2,500

Provenance: St James’s Auction 2, 11 May 2005, lot 138, where a footnote suggests the coin may derive from the Duke of Devonshire Collection.