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

Charles I (1625-1649), Worcester mint, Halfcrown, mm. leopard’s head (?), clumsy horseman left, no ground line below, crowned oval garnished shield, stars in legend, 14.60g/12h (Bull 671/29A (90a(S)-35), this coin; Allen obv. E, rev. unlisted; SCBI Brooker 1155; N 2596; S 3105). Scratched in obverse field behind and below horseman, otherwise nearly very fine £1,200-£1,500

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: T. Bliss Collection, Part II, Sotheby Auction, 15-19 May 1916, lot 450 (part); G.R. Francis Collection, Glendining Auction, 24-6 March 1920, lot 291; V.J.E. Ryan Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 22-4 January 1952, lot 1309; B.J. Dawson Collection, DNW Auction 156, 21 March 2019, lot 97 [from Spink 1977]