Mhcoins
1643 - 4 Charles I Type 6 Halfcrown
£2,500
Charles I (1625-49), Halfcrown, York Mint, (1643-4) Type 6 , Third horseman EBOR (E of EBOR over struck over a Y?) below in small lettering, King seated on horseback left, mm. lion, CAROLVS. D. G. MAG. BRIT. FRAN. ET. HIB. REX., rev., Crowned oval shield dividing crowned CR, CHRISTO. AVSPICE. REGNO., mm Lion (Bull 569; Besly 3-B; Brooker1083 ; Hawkins 6; N.2314; S.2868) weight 14.26 grams
About Extremely Fine, and superbly toned. The EBOR error very clear and a excellent pedigree
Provenance
Ex Lingford Collection, Bough May 1944 (collection sold en bloc to Baldwins circa 1950s)
Ex Colin Adams Collection, Spink Auction 177, 2005, lot 156 (£1,100 hammer)
Ex Coins of Britain, Bought 2006, £1,550
Ex Maurice Bull Collection