M & H
1645 Charles I Newark Crude flat shaped crown Shilling
£1,400
Charles I (1625-1649), Newark(e), 1645, crude flat shaped crown, rev. OBS | NEWARKE | 1645 in three lines. (S.3141; N.2639; Hird 247-248 same dies; Brooker 1223 same dies; ) weight 5.63 grams,
Struck on a well spread lozenge shape flan, and a scarce example of this first issued type shilling from the besieged town of Newark. This only the second example we have ever offered with this crude flat shaped crown.