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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 159

Charles I, Aberystwyth mint, (1638/9-42), Halfcrown, 13.38g., obverse A, king in armour, wearing cloak flying from shoulders, seated on horseback left, horse´s head turned towards viewer, plume behind, CAROLVS D G MAG BRIT FRA ET HI REX, rev. oval garnished shield, large plume above, CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO, five pellets after REGNO, m.m. book (JGB 741 (same dies); Morr. A-1; N.2325; S.2878, lightly double struck on obverse, weak on horseman, otherwise a round coin, fine, the reverse better, rare Estimate £ 600-800PROVENANCE: Spink Numismatic Circular, April 1995, no.1872 In 1636 the lease of the Cardiganshire Mines Royal was bought by Thomas Bushell, who proceeded to improve them using up-to-date drainage and mining techniques. Bushell petitioned to have a mint set up on the spot, in Aberystwyth Castle, and on 30 July 1637 he was empowered to proceed by letters patent in the form of an indenture between the King and himself, Besly, ´Coins and Medals of the English Civil War´, pp.15-19. Procedures were the same to those of the Tower Mint, except that all of the dies were engraved in London and supplied ready for use, and the first delivery of silver ingots to the moneyers took place on 18 January 1638/9. The last delivery of coined money was entered in Bushell´s account book on 20 September 1642, the furnaces were drawn down and the mint was on the move, summoned to Shrewsbury by the King, to coin the plate that he hoped his supporters would provide.

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