Modern coin – HCR39735

Obverse

Design:

crowned bust of Charles I wearing lace collar facing left; II behind, sun initial mark

Design:

royal arms; sun initial mark

Note

copy of a Tower half-groat

Period

Modern

Group

Authority

England: kingdom

Person

Charles I, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1625–1649

Reign

Charles I, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland

Dating

1645

Mint

Uncertain mint

Denomination

Half-groat

Metal

silver

Technique

struck

Weight (g)

0.99

Axis

Diameter (mm)

17.3

Acquisition method

transfer

Acquisition date

1922

Source

Bodleian Library

Acquisition credit

Transferred from the Bodleian Library, 1922.

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