Watch List notes:

British Coins, Charles I, Pontefract besieged, octagonal shilling, 1648, large crown over CR with legend DVM SPIRO SPERO beneath and surrounding, rev. castle gateway, flag tower dividing P-C, legend CAROLVS SECVNDVS 1648 surrounding, OBS vertically at left, a cannon protruding from the right tower, wt. 4.15gms., 70 grains (S.3150; N.2648; Hird.279; Br.1234; Nelson figure 48), very fine with unusually even strike showing clear legends and motifs, choice flan, old-time cabinet toning, rare
*ex Helen Farquhar collection, Glendining's, 25/4/1955, as part of Lot 163 (which included the coin showing the pistol initial mark)
Issued after the death of Charles I on 30 January 1649 in the name of his son and rightful heir, Charles II-Carolus Secundus, the coin claims.
(6000-10000)