Charles I (1625-1649), Pontefract Shilling, 1648, crowned c-r, rev. castle gateway, value dividing pc to right, 6.87g, 12h (Hird 276-8; SCBI Brooker 1233, same dies; N 2647; S.3149), well-centred on the iconic lozenge-shaped flan testament to the emergency nature of its issue during the height of the English Civil War, good fine, rare, in NGC holder, graded VF30 (Cert. #5878645-005)
Provenance
'Welsh Marches' Collection, DNW 154, 3 December 2018, lot 340