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1648 Charles I Pontefract Shilling - Ex Martin Hughes Collection
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Charles I (1625-1649), Pontefract besieged , Shilling, 1648, type II, large crowned CR rev. castle with XII on right dividing PC (S.3149; N.2647; Hird 277) Weight 3.60 grams
As Hird dies 277, the very rare rounded circular flan Type II Pontefract Shilling. Almost Very Fine and a very scarcely encountered variety of this iconic English Civil War issue.
Provenance
Ex Martin Hughes Collection, Spink Auction 11/1999, lot 184.