Coins and Historical Medals

Charles I (1625-1649), Oxford mint, Halfcrown, 1642, mm. Oxford plume on obv. only, Shrewsbury horseman, no plume behind, high ground line below (a Shrewsbury die), rev. Declaration, three Oxford plumes above, date below, reads inimi, 14.34g/1h (Bull 590/4E; Morr. B-4; cf. SCBI Brooker 878; N 2409; S 2950). On a large if slightly irregular flan, good fine, reverse better, rare £500-700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, English Coins from the Collection of the late Dr John Hulett.

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Provenance: H.M. Lingford Collection [from Baldwin February 1944]; bt S.H. Monks September 1996