1/2 Crown - Charles I Newark siege coinage

€16,852.00
IssuerEngland
Year1645-1646
TypeEmergency coinage › Siege coins
Value1/2 Crown (1/8)
CurrencyPound sterling (1158-1970)
CompositionSilver
Weight15.13 g
Dimensions
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRhombus
OrientationCoin alignment ↑↓
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Sp#3140, KM#371
Obverse descriptionLarge crown between m letters C R, denomination XXX below. The reference to Charles the First shows that the city was held by royalists in the English civil war.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringC R XXX
Reverse descriptionLettering only, denoting that the coin was made at Newark during the third siege of the city (1645-6), part the English civil war.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringOBS: NEWARK 1646
Edge
Mint
Mintage1645  - -
1646  - Sp#3140A -
Catalog ID3258628730
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