Watch List notes:

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. Gilt Æ Unite (37mm, 7.37 g, 12h). Contemporary counterfeit of Group B, Class Ia. Copying the Tower (London) mint; im: castle. Struck after 1627-1628. Crowned and mantled bust left / Crowned coat-of-arms. Cf. Brooker 1182-4 (for other contemporary counterfeit Unites); cf. Baldwin's Argentum (14 February 2009), lot 78 (for another counterfeit Unite); cf. SCBC 2687 (for original). Traces of original gilding. FDC. Very rare imitation for this period.