Half-crown of Charles I

English

Royal Albert Memorial Museum

1644

On the obverse, the coin displays a design taken from the Scottish Rebellion medal of 1639 with the king riding into battle on a galloping horse, his right arm holding a baton and the trampled arms below. The reverse shows the Royal Arms, incorporating the date '1642' in a cartouche below. Dated 1642 but issued in 1644.

• Medium: silver
• Dimensions: diameter: 3.6cm
• Art Fund Grant: £2300 ( Total: £9,410)
• ArtFunded in: 2003
• Vendor: A H Baldwin & Sons

Provenance

K Woodhouse; Sir Halford Reddish.

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