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Auction: 25007 - … British and World Coins and Medals featuring The Oriole Collection of Gold and Silver English Coins
Lot: 290

Charles I (1625-1649), Civil War Issues, Royalist Newark Besieged, 'Lozenge' Halfcrown, 1646, large double-arched crown dividing C-R, XXX below, rev. OBS : | NEWARK | 1646 in three lines, 14.84g [229.01grns], 12h (Hird 246; Brooker 1222 same dies; Bull 688; North 2638; S.3140A), flan flaw to reverse at 12 o'clock, otherwise largely centred with a richer cabinet tone, almost very fine, an iconic emergency 'Lozenge' issue from 17th Century England

Provenance

Bloomsbury Auctions, 14-15 September 2005, lot 780

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Estimate
£800 to £1,200

Starting price
£600