Lot 51
51
Shrewsbury mint, Crown, 1642, single pellet before legend both sides, Shrewsbury horseman left, Shrewsbury plume behind, plain groundline, rev. three plumes above declaration in large letters, 30.32g. (Morr.B1; N.2370; S.2926), good very fine, very rare
Shrewsbury mint, Crown, 1642, single pellet before legend both sides, Shrewsbury horseman left, Shrewsbury plume behind, plain groundline, rev. three plumes above declaration in large letters, 30.32g. (Morr.B1; N.2370; S.2926), good very fine, very rare

Details
Shrewsbury mint, Crown, 1642, single pellet before legend both sides, Shrewsbury horseman left, Shrewsbury plume behind, plain groundline, rev. three plumes above declaration in large letters, 30.32g. (Morr.B1; N.2370; S.2926), good very fine, very rare
Provenance
Joseph Young, Sotheby, 5-7 February 1919, lot 299 (part)
G R Francis, Glendining, 24 March 1920, lot 286
Archduke Sigismund, Adolph Hess, Luzern, 11 July 1933, lot 467
H M Lingford, Glendining, 24 October 1950 lot 151
S A H Whetmore, Glendining, 14 July 1961, lot 40
Glendining, 19 June 1974, lot 281
Glendining, 3 May 1978, lot 95

Lot Essay

At the sale of the Joseph Young collection in 1919 this coin, with a Shrewsbury Halfcrown of the same date, sold for £5.10/-