Shrewsbury mint, Halfpound, 1642, three pellets at end of legend, Shrewsbury horseman walking over arms, including a cannon, on groundline with grass, Shrewsbury plume behind, rev. three Shrewsbury plumes over declaration, Morrieson's 'fine work' variety with LIBER in declaration, pellet either side of value, 61.70g. (Morr.E7; N.2367; S.2923), poorly struck with two striking splits, one of them wide, but otherwise very fine, extremely rare

細節

Shrewsbury mint, Halfpound, 1642, three pellets at end of legend, Shrewsbury horseman walking over arms, including a cannon, on groundline with grass, Shrewsbury plume behind, rev. three Shrewsbury plumes over declaration, Morrieson's 'fine work' variety with LIBER in declaration, pellet either side of value, 61.70g. (Morr.E7; N.2367; S.2923), poorly struck with two striking splits, one of them wide, but otherwise very fine, extremely rare

來源

Purchased by Lingford from Seaby in 1945 for £25
H M Lingford, Glendining, 24 October 1950, lot 147
Patrick Finn, Winter 1996

拍品專文

Of the obverse, Patrick Finn noted 'I believe that this Halfpound variety showing the cannon as well as the arms is an underestimated rarity, and certainly I have never had a specimen for sale in my time at Spink.'
The reverse is also interesting. Morrieson originally listed only six reverse types for the Shrewsbury Halfpound, including this 'fine work' variety in type 2. The seventh reverse type he added in his revision, observing 'The variety of fine work must be given a number to itself', since the declaration reads LIBER whereas the other reverses of type 2 not of fine work read LIBERT.