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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 243

Charles I, Chester mint, Halfcrown, 15.16g., king in armour holding sword upright, walking left on more tranquil horse with twisting tail, no CHST below, no plume behind, reads MAG BRIT FRAN ET HIB, rev. crowned oval shield with lion-skin garniture, pellet/double pellet stops, m.m. prostrate gerb (JGB 1113 (same dies); Lyall A/I; N.2628; S.3131) slightly weak on king´s head, with a dull tone, otherwise well detailed, very fine or better, very rare Estimate £ 2,000-2,500PROVENANCE: E C Carter, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1950 D Duprée, Spink Numismatic Circular, February 1990, no.277 The coins in this and the next three lots form a coherent group, struck from two obverse and four reverse dies. They are attributed to Chester through the mintmark on this piece, a gerb on its side. In style they closely copy the coins struck from Briot dies at York, Halfcrown types 5 and 7, (JGB 1081 and 1086-9, and cf. lots 155, 157-8 above). Lyall suggests that, on the fall of York in July 1644, the York mint workers moved to another town where they to struck these coins to, once again, satisfy a need for money. He does points out, however, that there is no direct evidence that any of the civilian Royalist parties leaving York reached Chester, SNC 1971, p.99.

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