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Relig - Protlec - Anc - Liber - Parl, Hiber - Rex - Carolvs: Need Help With This Coin

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 Posted 08/13/2023  3:36 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add MichalJackson to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
It weighs 15.88 gram
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 Posted 08/14/2023  02:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Spyro to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hi there. It looks very Charles I. A series of coins were issued just before the civil war with a long legend on the reverse about respecting the rights of Parliament. But having said that, it looks rather too well struck to be a proper 17th century coin. These were usually hammered. This looks milled. Interesting though. Any idea of the width?
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 Posted 08/14/2023  06:45 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yep, it's a replica - probably pewter, from the colour of it - of an Oxford crown of Charles I, the extremely scarce variety known as "Rawlins' crown", named after the artist who designed it. Genuine examples are rare (there are only about a dozen known, and most of those are in museums) and highly sought after (the catalogue value of such a coin, in this condition, would be about £200,000). Replicas like this, not so much; these guys are selling a prooflike replica for £12.
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 Posted 08/14/2023  10:55 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Tom Goodheart to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The reverse legend you highlighted in the title to this thread Michal is taken from a speech by Charles I, where he declared he'd protect the Protestant religion (Relig . Prot) the laws of England (Leg . Ang) and the freedom of Parliament (Liber . Parl).

Hence such pieces are known as 'declaration' type. Sadly, despite his assurances, Parliament was not convinced and we all know how the story ends ..

As Sap says, a replica. But still quite an interesting piece.
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