M & H
1642 CHARLES I SHREWSBURY HALFPOUND - EX Lt. Col. H. W. MORRIESON
£4,800
Charles I (1625-1649), Shrewsbury mint (1642), Half-Pound, 1642, mm. two pellets on obv., none on rev., King on horseback left, plume behind, ground line below, Declaration in two lines, three Shrewsbury plumes and mark of value above, date below, (Morr. D-2; SCBI Brooker 802, same dies; N 2366; S 2922) Weight 60.18 grams
Toned Very fine+, very rare with a superb pedigree.
Provenance
Ex The Collection of a Baronet Sothebys 6-7th February 1899, lot 74 (bought by Spink £5. 5)
Ex Lt. Col. H.W. Morrieson Collection, Sothebys Auction, 20-24th November 1933, lot 417