Charles I (1625-49), Contemporary Forgery Pontefract besieged, Octagonal Shilling, 1648, large crown
over C·R with legend DVM SPIRO SPERO below. Rev, castle gateway with fl ag tower dividing P-C and
hand holding sword protruding from right tower, OBS vertically at left, date below castle, 8.52g (cf.
Brooker 1231). Very fine.
With a collectors ticket marked ‘Contemporary Forgery/ Bought R. Ingram. March 2016 £175. Very fine.’.