Watch List notes:

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Halfcrown (35mm, 15.06 g, 12h). Type 6. York mint; im: lion passant. Struck 1643-1644. (lion passant) CAROLVS · D : G · MAG · BRIT · FRAN · ET · HIB · REX · (lozenge and double lozenge stops), Charles on horseback left, holding sword in right hand and reigns in left; EBOR below / · CHRISTO · (floral sprig) AVSPICE · (floral sprig) · REGNO · (lion passant), coat-of-arms; crowned C R flanking. Bull 572 (this coin, cited p. 322); cf. Brooker 1082-4 (for type); North 2314; SCBC 2868. Rich old cabinet toning with flashes of underlying luster. Choice EF.

Ex Spink 128 (7 October 1998), lot 366; G. Hamilton Smith Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 21 July 1913), lot 135.