British and Scottish Coins and Countermarked Tokens from the Collection of the late Arthur Chesser

Charles I (1625-1649), Oxford mint, Half-Pound, 1642, mm. Oxford plume on obv. only, Shrewsbury horseman riding over arms, Oxford plume in field behind, rev. Declaration, three Oxford plumes above, date below, seven pellets before legend, 59.64g/1h (Morr. A-2; SCBI Brooker 868, same dies; N 2404; S 2945). Better than very fine, toned, rare £3,000-3,500

Provenance: Glendining Auction, 9 December 1959, lot 305; bt B. Grover