Charles I – Twenty Pence, Third Coinage, Type III

WSH 7580

Charles I. 1625–1649. Twenty Pence. Third Coinage, Type III. CAR D G MAG FR FR ET HI R, crowned bust left; XX behind. Reverse IVST THRONVM FIRMAT, crown over thistle. Spink 5588A. 16 mm. The obverse legend reads FR FR in error for BR FR, and the coin lacks Falconer’s initial. A similar coin, possibly from the same dies, is listed by A. B. Richardson, Catalogue of the Scottish Coins in the National Museum of Antiquities, Edinburgh, No. 62; see also BNJ XXXIX, pp. 139–140.

£95.00