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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 167

Charles I, Shrewsbury mint, Halfcrown, 13.78g., 1642, Shrewsbury horseman walking left, no ground below, Shrewsbury plume behind, rev. declaration RELIG.PROT.LEG ANG.LIBERT.PAR in two lines, single Shrewsbury plume between 2 6 above, date below, single pellet stops (JGB 818 (this coin); Morr. C-3; N.2374; S.2930) lightly double struck on obverse, horseman in low relief, otherwise quite a full coin, evenly toned, fine or better, extremely rare Estimate £ 1,000-1,200PROVENANCE: W E Ashley, collection purchased en bloc by Spink, 1969 J G Brooker, SCBI 33, no.818 P Hunt, portion of collection purchased privately by Colin Adams, March 2000 The last three lots, 165-7, are all struck from the same obverse die. They comprise the full set of three substantive Shrewsbury Halfcrown reverse types.

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