HalfcrownCharles ITower Mint under Parliament, Group III, third horseman, type 3a3, no ground, cruder workmanship, S.2778 mintmark (P), 15.52 grammes, King and horse with very good detail, the reverse with some surface deposit in places
HalfcrownCharles ITower Mint, Group II, type 2A, Smaller horse, cross on housings, Reverse: Oval shield with CR above, mintmark Plume, two additional pellets in field, 14.35 grammes, S.2769, North 2205, Brooker 300, Ex-Lingford 324 NVF with minor weakness behind the King, comes with four collector's tickets
HalfcrownCharles ITower Mint under Parliament, Group III, third horseman, type 3a3, no ground below horse, S.2778 mintmark ( R ), 14.82 grammes, Fine, the reverse a little better, struck on a slightly irregularly shaped flan, a collectable example of the Parliament type
CrownCharles ITower Mint under Parliament, Group IV, fourth horseman, type 4, foreshortened horse, S.2761, North 2198, Brooker 272, mintmark Sun, 29.92 grammes, VF/GVF on a full round flan with some very light flan stress, an attractive piece and very desirable thus. Comes with an old Spink ticket
CrownCharles ITower Mint under Parliament, Group V, Fifth Horseman, type 5, Tall, spirited horse, S.2762, North 2199, Brooker 275, mintmark Sun, GVF, the reverse a touch better, on a full round flan, with a small edge crack at 3 o'clock, a pleasing and even strike, the reverse in particular with much eye appeal
HalfcrownCharles ITower Mint under Parliament, Group III, Third Horseman, No ground, with cruder workmanship, type 3a3 S.2778 mintmark Sun, 15.35 grammes, VF with little actual wear, probably about 'as made' touches of golden tone add to the eye appeal of this pleasing piece LCGS 50 and in their holder
HalfcrownCharles ITower Mint under the King, Group IV, Fourth Horseman, type 4, foreshortened horse, S.2779 mintmark Triangle in Circle, 14.85 gram, Good Fine and bold with gold toning, with an excellent portrait of the King
HalfcrownCharles ITower Mint under the King, Group IV, Fourth Horseman, type 4, foreshortened horse, S.2779 mintmark Triangle in Circle, 15.13 grammes Good Fine with some die stress on the surfaces
HalfcrownCharles ITower Mint under Parliament, no ground, cruder workmanship, Group III, Type 3a3, S.2778 mintmark Sun VF for issue with attractive gold toning, an excellent portrait of the King with some weakness of strike in places, comes with old ticket
HalfcrownCharles ITower Mint under Parliament, no ground, cruder workmanship, Group III, Type 3a3, S.2778 mintmark ( R ) Good Fine/NVF on an irregularly shaped flan, comes with two old tickets from 1961
HalfcrownCharles ITower Mint under Parliament, no ground, cruder workmanship, Group III, Type 3a3, S.2778 mintmark Eye, Near VF with weaker areas, on an irregularly shaped flan, comes with ticket
Halfcrowns Charles I (3) Group II type 2c, Oval draped shield with CR at sides, S.2771 mintmark Harp, NVF/GF nicely toned with small weak areas, Group III type 3a1 No caparisons on horse, scarf flies from King's waist S.2773 mintmark Tun, GF/NVF, Tower Mint under Parliament Group III type 3a3 no ground, S.2778 mintmark (P) GF/NVF
HalfcrownCharles ITower Mint under King group 1 first horseman type 1a2 with horse caparisoned with plume on head and crupper, no groundline and with patterned area on caparison similar in style to Brooker 278 Ex Lingford then described as N2201 no rose or groundline, Spink 2764 Good VF on a bold flan exceptional eye appeal and clarity of design
Shillings (2) Charles ITower Mint, Group E, Larger bust, single arched crown, Large XII, mintmark Anchor Fine, James I First Coinage, Second Bust, beard appears to merge with collar, mintmark Thistle, Near Fine/Fine, Sixpence James I 1606 S.2658 mintmark Escallop, VG the reverse slightly better, Sixpence Elizabeth I Fifth Issue 1579 Fair/VG, mintmark off flan, Groat Elizabeth I Second Issue S.2556 mintmark Martlet VG/NF, Penny Charles I no inner circles, no CR by shield, S.2845 no mintmark, Fine, creased with an edge chip
CrownCharles ITower Mint under the King, Group II, second horseman, smaller horse, type 2b1, plume on head only, Reverse: No Cross fourchee, Plume between CR above shield, S.2756 mintmark Rose over Plume, About Fine
Hammered a small group (9) Shillings (7) Elizabeth I mintmark Woolpack, James I mintmark Rose, Charles I (5) Group E, Tower Mint, single arched -crown, mintmark Anchor, Group F, double-arched crown, mintmark Triangle-in-circle (2), Group F, double-arched crown, mintmark Sun (2), Sixpences James I (2) First Coinage, First Bust, 1603 mintmark Thistle, Second Coinage, Third Bust mintmark Lis, in mixed grades NVG to Fine
Shillings (6) James I Third Coinage, Sixth Large Bust S.2668 mintmark Trefoil Good Fine nicely toned, with a flan crack at 8 o'clock, Charles ITower Mint under Parliament, Taller narrow bust S.2802 mintmark Sun, short of flan in places, Fine/Good Fine and nicely toned, the reverse with some heavier contact marks, Charles I Group F, Sixth Large Briot type bust S.2799 mintmark Star Near Fine with some weak areas, Charles I Group F, Sixth Large Briot type bust S.2799 mintmark Triangle VG/Fine, the obverse double struck, Charles I Small Aberystwyth bust Large XII S.2792 mintmark Tun Near Fine/Fine with some old thin scratches, Charles I Group E type 4.3 single arched crown, Large XII S.2796 mintmark Anchor Fine/Good Fine, the obverse with some double striking
Hammered and milled a small group (10) Hammered (6) HalfcrownCharles I Tower mint under Parliament S.2779A mintmark (P) Fine, Shillings (3) Edward VI Fine silver issue S.2482 mintmark y Pleasing Fine, Elizabeth I Second issue S.2555 mintmark Martlet NVG/VG, James I First Coinage, First bust S.2645 mintmark Thistle About Fine with some thin scratches on the obverse, Groat Philip and Mary Obverse: Portrait of Mary S.2508 mintmark Lis Fine with old grey tone, HalfgroatHenry VIII Second Coinage, Archbishop Lee, York MintS.2348 mintmark Key Good Fine. lightly creased, GB Milled (2) Twopence 1797 GVF/VF toned, Penny 1797 VF/NVF, along with Dollars Oval countermark on 8 Reales 1791 Mexico Fine, also countermarked II on obverse, underweight at 24.33 grammes, and France Ecu 1789I underweight at 25.49 grammes Fine
CrownCharles I Group II, Tower Mint, Second horseman type 2a, Smaller horse with plume on head only, and cross on housing, S.2755 mintmark Harp Fine/Good Fine
Hammered (3) HalfcrownCharles ITower Mint under Parliament Group IV, fourth horseman S.2779A Fine or better, Shilling Charles I S.2799 Mintmark Star VG, Sixpence Charles I S.2808/2809 (worn in the key areas) Mintmark Plume Fine with weak areas, Crowns (2) 1677 VICESIMO NONO ESC 52 VG, 1696 First Bust, First Harp OCTAVO ESC 89 VG, Sixpence 1696 First Bust, Early Harp, Large Crowns VG/Fine
HalfcrownCharles ITower Mint, Group III, Third Horseman, type 3a1, No caparisons on horse, scarf flies from King's waist, S.2773, North 2209, Error legend CHRRISTO Fine/Good Fine with some old scratches, Ex-Tennants 13/9/2011 Lot 12 (part)
Halfcrowns (2) Charles ITower Mint, Group III, Third Horseman, type 3a1, No caparisons on horse, scarf flies from King's waist, S.2773, North 2209, Brooker 320, mintmark Bell , Near Fine with weak areas, Ex-Middleham Hoard, Ex-Spink 14/7/1995 Lot 109, Charles I Tower Mint, Group III, Third Horseman, type 3a1, No caparisons on horse, scarf flies from King's waist, S.2773, North 2209, Brooker 335 Ex-Middleham Hoard, Ex-Lockdales 2/5/2012 Lot 2935, Ex-Spink 14/7/1995 Lot 109
Halfcrowns (2) Charles ITower Mint, Group III, Third Horseman, type 3a2 , No caparisons on horse, cloak flies from King's shoulder, S.2775, North 2211, Brooker 343, mintmark Anchor, Good Fine with grey tone, Ex-Lockdales 12/7/2015 Lot 1084, Charles I, Tower Mint, Group IV, Fourth Horseman, S.2779, North 2214 Fine, toned, weak in places, Ex-CNG Auction 266, Lot 562
HalfcrownCharles ITower Mint, Group II, Second Horseman, type 2c, Reverse Oval draped shield with CR at sides, S.2771, North 2207, similar obverse legend to Brooker 317 but with reverse with the correct CHRISTO spelling, mintmark Portcullis Good Fine with grey tone, Ex-Bonhams 1/5/2012 Lot 263
Halfcrowns (2) Charles ITower Mint, Group III, Third Horseman, type 3a1, No caparisons on horse, scarf flies from King's waist S.2773, North 2209, Brooker 330, mintmark Crown Fine/Good Fine, Ex-Bedale Hoard, Tennants 13/9/2011 Lot 121 (part), Charles I Tower Mint, Group III, Third horseman, type 3a2, S.2775, North 2211, mintmark Tun, Fine, heavily clipped, Ex-Bedale hoard, Tennants 13/9/2011 Lot 33 (part)
Halfcrowns (2) Charles ITower Mint, Group III, Third Horseman, type 3a1, No caparisons on horse, scarf flies from King's waist, S.2773, North 2209, Brookermule 331 obverse/Brooker 330 reverse, mintmark Crown VG/VF, Ex-Tennants 13/9/2011 Lot 13 (part) Bedale hoard, Charles I Tower Mint, Third Horseman, cloak flies from shoulder, S.2775, North 2211, Brooker 349 mintmark Triangle VG the reverse better, Ex-Carlisle 13/11/2014 Lot 187
Halfcrowns (3) Charles ITower Mint under Parliament, Group III, type 3a3, mintmark ( R ) S.2778, North 2213, Brooker 358, VG/NF, Ex-Franks 6/2/2016 Lot 315, Charles I Tower Mint under Parliament, Group III, type 3a3, mintmark ( R ) over Eye/( R ) VG, Ex-Lockdales 24/3/2012 Lot 1213, Charles I Tower Mint under Parliament H over H in CHRISTO giving the impression of H being wider and with central upright Poor/VG the obverse dark and almost completely removed
HalfcrownCharles IS.2775 mintmark Tun Bright Good Fine with a scratch in the obverse field, Shilling Charles I Tower Mint under Parliament S.2800 mintmark unclear Fine with shortage of flan in places, SixpenceEdward VI Fine Silver Issue S.2483 mintmark Tun Fine, creased with some tooling in the reverse fields
CrownCharles ITower Mint Group II, second horseman, type 2a, smaller horse with plume on head only, Reverse Oval shield no cross fourchee, Plume between CR above shield, S.2756 mintmark Rose Good Fine and bold with an old grey tone
CrownCharles ITower Mint Group III type 3a, horse without caparisons, King's sword upright, Reverse oval shield without CR, S.2758 mintmark Bell over Portcullis/Bell, Fine/Good Fine, the reverse particularly bold, with an old grey tone, comes with an old ticket stating 'Glendinings sale April 1928 Lot 92'
HalfcrownCharles ITower Mint under the King, Group I, type 1a2, first horseman horse caparisoned with plumes on head and crupper, floriate spray on housing (no rose), no ground-line, S.2764 mintmark Lis, About VF, on a full round flan
HalfcrownCharles ITower Mint under Parliament, transitional type, S.2779B mintmark Sun VF and struck on a slightly oval flan, as many are, probably about 'as made' with a couple of small weaker areas, very little actual wear evident
HalfcrownCharles ITower Mint under Parliament S.2778 mintmark Eye VF or better with a couple of flan cracks, overall a very attractive example and unusually well struck, the King and horse with particularly good detail
CrownCharles ITower Mint under the King, Second horseman, type 2a, smaller horse with plume on head only and cross on housing S.2755 mintmark Harp, Good Fine the reverse perhaps better
CrownCharles ITower Mint under the King, Second horseman, type 2a, smaller horse with plume on head only and cross on housing S.2755 mintmark Harp, Good Fine and even, the obverse with many flan stress marks
HalfcrownCharles ITower Mint under the King, Group IV, fourth horseman, foreshortened horse S.2779 mintmark Star Fine with some weaker areas and a pleasant old tone
Halfcrowns (2) Charles ITower Mint under Parliament, Group V, fifth horseman spirited horse with bushy tail, S.2780 mintmark Sun, approaching Fine, Charles I Tower Mint under the King, Group IV, fourth horseman, foreshortened horse S.2779 mintmark Triangle in circle About Fine on an irregularly shaped flan
CrownCharles ITower Mint under the King, Group I First horseman type 1a, horse caparisoned with plume on head and crupper , reverse square topped shield, S.2753 mintmark Lis minor tooling in one angle otherwise pleasing Fine on a generous large flan
HalfcrownCharles ITower Mint under the King, Group I First horseman, type 1a2, horse caparisoned with plume on head and crupper, no rose on housings, no ground-line S.2764 mintmark Lis About VF with a couple of weak areas, a pleasing piece with much eye appeal
CrownCharles ITower Mint Group 2b2 second horseman with plume on head only, Reverse with Plume between CR above shield, cross fourchee S.2757, mintmark Harp Fine, Good Fine and scarce
Halfcrowns Charles I (2) Tower Mint under the King Group II Second Horseman type 2a, Cross on housing, Reverse Oval shield with CR above S.2769 mintmark Plume About Fine, Tower Mint under the King Group III Third horseman King wears cloak flying from shoulder S.2775 mintmark anchor upright Fine/Good Fine
HalfcrownCharles ITower Mint under Parliament Group III Third Horseman type 3a3 Horse with no caparisons, scarf flies from shoulder, S.2778 Mintmark Sun Fine on an irregularly shaped flan
HalfcrownCharles ITower Mint under Parliament Group IV S.2779A mintmark (P) NVF with some weaker areas, mis-struck with the obverse legend in two parts, some struck inside the inner circle, on an irregular flan, unusual, Ex-Spink December 1962 8/6
CrownCharles ITower Mint Group 2 Second Horseman type 2b1 Smaller Horse with plume on head only, Cross on housing, Reverse Oval Shield over cross fourchee, CR above, mintmark Plume S.2756 VG or better with a couple of weak areas
Halfcrowns Charles I (3) Tower MintS.2779 Type 4 Foreshortened horse Mintmark Triangle in Circle Good Fine, Tower Mint S.2779 Type 4 Foreshortened horse Mintmark Star VG, Tower Mint under Parliament Group III type 3 no ground mintmark Sun VG reverse slightly better, Shilling Charles I mintmark Triangle in circle S.2799 NVF
HalfcrownCharles ITower Mint Group II Second Horseman, type 2c Reverse Oval Garnished shield with CR at sides mintmark Harp S.2771 overall Good Fine or better with some weaker areas
CrownCharles ITower Mint Group II type 2b2 Plume between CR, Cross fourchee, mintmark Harp over Rose over Plume on obverse/Harp on Reverse S.2757 Fine with a flan flaw below the horse and a small flan split after REX
CrownCharles I Tower mint under the King Group II Second horseman type 2a smaller horse with plume on head only, oval shield over cross fourchee, CR above mintmark Harp S.2755 GF/NVF and pleasing
CrownCharles I Tower mint under the King Group I Obverse King on horseback , horse with plume on head and crupper, Reverse Square-topped shield S.2753 mintmark Lis Fine
HalfcrownCharles ITower Mint under the King S.2771 mintmark Harp VG, Shillings (6) Edward VI Fine Silver issue S.2482 NF/F,Elizabeth IS.2555 mintmark Martlet VG, James I (3) First Issue (2) Fair/VG and Fine/Good Fine, Second issue VG/Near Fine, Charles I Tower Mint under the King G/VG, Sixpences (2) Elizabeth I Sixth Issue 1593 mintmark Tun G/VG, Seventh issue 1602 mintmark 2 Near Fine
Halfcrowns Charles I (3) Tower mint under the King Group IV Foreshortened horse S.2779 mintmark Star better than Fine with some weak areas, Tower Mint under the King Group III King with cloak flying from shoulder S.2775 mintmark Triangle in Circle NVF on an irregular flan with a flan split at the top of the obverse, Tower Mint under Parliament Group IV S.2779 mintmark Sun Fine, Shilling Charles I Group D Reverse with oval shield with CR at sides Good Fine
HalfcrownCharles ITower Mint under the King Group 1 type 1 S2763 mm Lis bold VF on a well rounded and generous flan but has been badly stored so now with surface porosity but all design details clear and strong
ShillingCharles ITower Mint under the King Group A Larger Crown with outer arch only jewelled S.2782 mintmark Lis/Cross Calvary NVF with some flan roughness at 2 o'clock on the reverse and correspondingly so on the obverse
ShillingCharles ITower Mint under the King Group D type 3a with no inner circle S.2791 mintmark Crown, GF/NVF the obverse with some signs of flan stress
ShillingCharles ITower Mint under the King Group E fifth Aberystwyth bust type 4.3 single arched crown with large XII S.2796 mintmark Anchor horizontal to right/Anchor horizontal to left Fine with a flan clip at 8 o'clock on the obverse
CrownCharles ITower Mint under Parliament mintmark (P) Group IV, issued 1643-4, Reverse with a group of four pellets either side of the mintmark, S.2761North 2198, Toned Fine/Near VF and very rare
Double CrownCharles ITower Mint Under King First Bust mint mark Lis pleasant Fine obverse double struck so some of the border design shows in the field behind the king
Charles I Tower mint Shilling. Mintmark, triangle in circle. S.2799 and tower under Parliament Halfcrown. S mark is uncertain but is (P) or ®. S.2778. Fine to very fine
HalfcrownCharles ITower Mint under the King Group IV Fourth horseman type 4, foreshortened horse S.2779 mintmark Triangle in Circle Good Fine on an irregularly shaped flan
CrownCharles ITower Mint under the King Group II type 2b1 Plume between CR above shield, no cross fourchee mintmark Plume (1630-1631) S.2756North 2192 overall Good Fine with a slight area of weakness in the centre of the shield
Charles I (2) silverhalfcrown(1641-3), mintmark triangle in circle. Tower mint. S.2775. Fine. Charles I silver shilling(1643-4), mintmark (P). S.2800. Good fine but double struck on obverse
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