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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 169

Charles I, Shrewsbury mint, Halfcrown, 15.02g., 1642, Shrewsbury horseman walking left, ground-line below, small Shrewsbury plume behind, rev. declaration RELIG.PROT.LEG ANG.LIBER.PAR in two lines, three Shrewsbury plumes above, date below, double/single pellet stops (JGB 823 (same obv. die); Morr. D-4; N.2377; S.2933) scratch on king´s head, small flaws by 2 of date, otherwise a pleasing coin, evenly toned with traces of golden lustre, very fine or better, rare thus Estimate £ 1,200-1,500PROVENANCE: E H Wheeler, Sotheby, 12 March 1930, lot 439 R Richardson, Glendining, 7 April 1982, lot 58

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