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1 Shilling - Charles I (Newark siege coinage)
Country: England
(United Kingdom)
Denomination: 1 Shilling = 12 Pence
(1/20 LSD)
Year: 1645-1646
Material: Silver
Weight: 5.93 g
Shape: Rhomboidal
Diameter:
Type: Common coin
Catalog list: englandunited kingdom
Description:
Obverse
Large central crown, initials CR either side and denomination (12 pence or shilling) in Roman numerals below. The reference to Charles the First shows that the city was held by royalists in the English civil war.
Reverse
NEWARK in middle, with OBS above, and date below
NOTE: OBS is short for obsessum or `besieged` in Latin
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