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), three Oxford plumes above Declaration, date below, reads inimi, 14.26g/7h (Bull 590/4E (Ox.1-6-4r), this coin; Morr. B-4; SCBI Brooker 878; N 2409; S 2950). On a large flan, good fine, rare £500-£700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Halfcrowns formed by Brian Dawson.

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This coin is illustrated in H.W. Morrieson’s article ‘The Coinage of Oxford, 1642-46’ (BNJ XVI [1921-2], pl. III, 31). It was quite possibly the first coin in lot 517 of the Morrieson sale, but this cannot now be proven