Watch List notes:

GREAT BRITAIN. Pontefract (Besieged). Shilling, "1648" (struck 1649). Charles II (as King in Pretense). PCGS VF-35.
S-3150; KM-378. Weight: 4.42 gms. Wholesome for the grade, this endlessly demanded product of the English Civil War displays premium detail of the designs, with an glossy base of olive-brown tone on both sides that contains much iridescence.

The reverse depicts an image of Pontefract Castle and commemorates the siege endured by the royalists at this fortress in October 1648. Having held off Oliver Cromwell's troops, they issued this type in the name of Charles II, after the execution in London of his father on January 30, 1649. The legend reads "POST MORTEM PATRIS PRO FILIO," or "after the death of the father, [we are] for the son."

Estimate: $4000 - $5000