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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 165

Charles I, Shrewsbury mint, Halfcrown, 14.33g., 1642, Shrewsbury horseman, compact figure of king, holding sword upright, on horse walking left, horse´s off foreleg raised, no ground below, Shrewsbury plume behind, reads MAG BR FR ET HIB, rev. declaration in two lines, single Shrewsbury plume above, date below, single pellet stops (JGB 816 (same dies); Morr. C-2; N.2373; S.2929) on a rather irregular flan, scratched on both sides, otherwise fine, very rare Estimate £ 250-300PROVENANCE: Baldwin´s Auctions no.17, 5 May 1998, lot 598

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