Charles I Silver Halfcrown 1625-1649AD Newark besieged 1646AD

£1,500.00

Code: BM588

Charles I Silver Halfcrown 1625-1649AD Newark besieged 1646AD
31x36mm, 14.70g

Siege money was struck in Newark during the siege in 1646, which was the last year of the First English Civil War. The besieged Royalists set up a mint and used salvers, flagons, drinking cups, etc., fashioned into lozenge-shaped flans, striking half-crowns (this example), shillings, ninepences, and sixpences.

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