Tower mint, Halfcrown, Gp I, type 1b, lightweight issue [struck between 14 August and 7 September 1626], mm. cross Calvary, housings decorated, no groundline, rev. plume above square-topped shield, no stops, 12.34g/6h (Bull 51L/5 (0-16), this coin; cf. SCBI Brooker 289; N 2203; S 2767). Small of flan and sometime cleaned, otherwise good fine, reverse a little better, extremely rare £600-800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Coins of Charles I From the Lyall Collection.

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Provenance: R.A. Shuttlewood Collection, SNC June 2001 (HS 0568); P. Earthy Collection; Mark Rasmussen FPL 6, Spring 2004 (153); A. Morris Collection