Watch List notes:

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Pound (120.77 g). Declaration type. Oxford mint; im: plume with bands. Dated 1643. CAROLVS : D : G : MAGNI : BRITANI : FRAN : ET : HIB : REX :, Charles, holding reins with left hand and sword in right, on horseback left, trampling arms below; plume to right / EXVRGAT : DEVS : DISSIPENTVR : INIMICI ·:·:·, RELIG · PROT · LEG/ANG · LIBER · PAR in two lines between parallel lines; three Oxford plumes and XX (mark of value) above, 1643 below. Morrieson, Oxford B/1; Brooker 863A (same dies); North 2398; SCBC 2940. Two small edge splits. A few minor surface marks under deep cabinet toning. A most impressive example. Near EF. Very rare thus.

From the J. de Wilde Collection. Ex Dix, Noonan, & Webb 114 (18 September 2013), lot 1017; Sotheby's (18 February 1981), lot 158; Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin 466 (March 1957), no. 9320.

Illustrated on the cover of Coin Collecting for Beginners by K. Jacob (London, 1958)