Watch List notes:

STUART, Siege money. Newark. 1645-1646. AR Sixpence (22x31mm, 3.05 g, 12h). In the name of Charles I. Dated 1646. Large crown; C R flanking, VI (mark of value) below / OBS :/ NEWARK/ 1646. Brooker 1228 (same dies); North 2642; SCBC 3146. Rich cabinet toning. VF. Rare.

From the Arthur M. Fitts III Collection. Reportedly ex John Quincy Adams and Descendants/Massachusetts Historical Society Collection (Part II, Stack's, 17 September 1971), lot 963.