Charles I (1625-1649), Carlisle, Shilling, 1645, type I, c : r crowned flanked by trefoils of pellets, value below, rev. obs carl and date, rosette above and below, 5.15g/1h (Hird 244 and SCBI Brooker 1220, same dies; N 2635; S 3138). Weak to right of crown (and corresponding on reverse), otherwise good fine, toned, very rare £6,000-£8,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins.

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Provenance: SNC July 1904 (6090); Helen Farquhar Collection, Glendining Auction, 25 April 1955, lot 165 [from Spink December 1904]; bt Spink September 1963.

Exhibition: British Numismatic Society, 18 January 1905