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NYINC Signature Sale 3071 6-7 Jan 2019
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Charles I (1627-1649) "Newark Besieged" Shilling 1645 XF45 NGC, S-3143, N-2640. A wholly pleasing representative of this popular siege type, produced only from 1645-1646 during the Parliamentarian siege of Newark Castle, a Royalist stronghold. Life within the castle walls during the Newark siege increasingly became more and more dire; the besieged were reduced to eating horses and dogs, and began to struggle without a circulating currency to maintain order. Consequently those in possession of silver plate (i.e. cups, goblets, plates) surrendered them freely for minting as coin. Obviously as a coinage of necessity most examples from this issue exhibit heavy wear, if not piercing for wear after the siege's conclusion as keepsakes. Accordingly, the present specimen has survived admirably intact, with very limited wear and a handsome platinum-gray tone. Every detail of the iconic lozenge-shaped flan has been sharply struck and boldly represented. For the type collector, look no further for an excellent survivor of the Newark siege.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD
Charles I (1627-1649) "Newark Besieged" Shilling 1645 XF45 NGC, S-3143, N-2640. A wholly pleasing representative of this popular siege type, produced only from 1645-1646 during the Parliamentarian siege of Newark Castle, a Royalist stronghold. Life within the castle walls during the Newark siege increasingly became more and more dire; the besieged were reduced to eating horses and dogs, and began to struggle without a circulating currency to maintain order. Consequently those in possession of silver plate (i.e. cups, goblets, plates) surrendered them freely for minting as coin. Obviously as a coinage of necessity most examples from this issue exhibit heavy wear, if not piercing for wear after the siege's conclusion as keepsakes. Accordingly, the present specimen has survived admirably intact, with very limited wear and a handsome platinum-gray tone. Every detail of the iconic lozenge-shaped flan has been sharply struck and boldly represented. For the type collector, look no further for an excellent survivor of the Newark siege.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD