Watch List notes:

Charles I. 1625-1649. Posthumous AR shilling in the name of Charles II. 5.38 gm. 29.5 mm. Pontefract. C R crowned; DUM : SPIRO: SPERO around ("While I live I hope") / Castle, banner above, cannon protruding on right; CAROLVS SECVNDVS 1648 around; P C on either side of turret; OBS to left. S. 3150. N. 2648. Good Very Fine; toned; generous flan, handsome example. The small mark at the top on the reverse is an assayer's mark placed on the flan before the piece was struck.This is the first coin minted after the execution of Charles I, January 30, 1648/9 by the commander of the Royalist forces at Pontefract