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Auction: 4002 - The Marshall Collection of British & World Coins
Lot: 139

Charles I, Newark besieged, Halfcrown, 14.60g., 1645, large double-arched crown dividing c r, value below, rev., obs: newark 1645 in three lines (Hird 245 (same dies); N.2638; S.3140), some surface flan flaws, otherwise good very fine for this very rare date Estimate £ 1,500-1,800 provenance: Spink Numismatic Circular, May 1943, no.19892 £3-15-0 All 1645 Newark halfcrowns appear to be struck from the same pair of dies. Both dies, but particularly the reverse, show signs of progressive deterioration

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