Watch List notes:

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Halfpound (46mm, 69.01 g, 4h). Declaration type. Shrewsbury mint. Dated 1642. · CAROLVS · D · G · MAG · BRIT · FRAN · ET · HIB · REX : ·, Charles on horseback left, holding sword in right hand and reins in left; plume to right / · DEVS · DISSIPENTVR · INIMICI · EXVRGAT ·, RELIG · PROT · LEG/ ANG · LIBERT · PAR in two lines across central field, line above and below; three plumes and · X · (denomination) above, 1642 below. Morrieson, Shrewsbury dies D/2; Brooker 802 (same dies); North 2366; SCBC 2922. Dig on reverse. Usual die break by raised hind foot of horse on obverse. Toned.. Near VF. Very rare – only one example of this type in CoinArchives.

From the Arthur M. Fitts III Collection. Ex Marquess of Bute (Part II, Sotheby, 11 June 1951), lot 8.