The Geoffrey Cope Collection of British Coins. Charles I.

AR Halfcrown (35mm, 14.70 g, 7h). Worcester mint; im: –. Struck 1644-1645. Charles on horseback left, holding sword and reins, annulet stops / Crowned coat-of-arms, roses in legend. Allen, Mints C-17 and pl. i, 17 = Brooker 1149 (this coin); Bull 669/17 (this coin illustrated); North 2592; SCBC 3100.
On a somewhat irregular flan as usual. Rich purple toned with iridescence in devices.
Good VF. Very rare.

Ex Spink Numismatic Circular LXXXIX.6 (June 1981), no. 4635; J.G. Brooker Collection; R.C. Lockett (English Part II, Glendining, 11 October 1956), lot 2543; G. Hamilton-Smith (Part III, Glendining, 23 May 1927), lot 348.
This coin exhibited, Coins, Crown & Conflict, American Numismatic Association, Money Museum, 2007.