The Michael Gietzelt Collection of British and Irish Coins (1625-1660)

Charles I (1625-1649), Welsh Marches (?), Halfcrown, 1644, mm. plume, crude workmanship after the style of Bristol and from a recut Chester rev. die, horseman left, three plumes above Declaration in two lines divided by row of pellets, date below, 14.80g/6h (Bull 684; SCBI Brooker 1212, same dies; N –; S 3135). Both sides slightly off-centre, otherwise very fine with old cabinet tone, extremely rare £4,000-£5,000

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: V.J.E. Ryan Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 22-4 January 1952, lot 1333; F. Willis Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 5 June 1991, lot 351; J.R. Hulett Collection, Part XVIII, DNW Auction 175, 6 May 2020, lot 74.

The location of this mint is uncertain - probably in the west of England towards the border with Wales. Pearce (SNC January 2014, p.142) postulates an issue struck for Prince Rupert after he left Chester in August 1644 and perhaps to be associated either with those coins known to have been struck at Hereford in the late autumn of 1644, or a possible issue in the town of Monmouth in November 1644