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The organisation of this Charles I section of English coins follows that of the Spink catalogue, i.e:   

GOLD COINAGE (TOWER)

SILVER COINAGE

   Tower Mint

   Briot's Coinage

PROVINCIAL and CIVIL WAR issues

   York, 1643-4

   Aberystwyth, 1638/9 - 42

   Aberystwyth Furnace, 1648/9

   Uncertain Mints

   Shrewsbury, 1642

   Oxford, 1642-46

   Bristol, 1643-45

   Ashby de la Zouch, 1645

   Bridgenorth-on-Severn, 1646

   Exeter, 1643-46

   Truro, 1642-43

   Worcester, 1644-45

   Worcester or Shrewsbury (Salopia), 1643-44

   Salopia (Shrewsbury), 1644

   Hartlebury Castle (Worcs), 1646

   Chester, 1644

   Welsh Marches?, 1644

   Carlisle, 1644-45

   Newark, 1645-46

   Pontefract, 1648/9

   Scarborough, 1644/45

COPPER FARTHINGS

SCOTTISH COINAGE

IRISH COINAGE

 

  

   

BNJ References: 

Tower Mint

Provincial Mints

Siege Pieces

Further Reading:   

The John Brooker Collection of the Coins of Charles I, by J.J. North, 1984. Hardbound, 330 pages with 130 photographic plates of coins. (Info)

Besly, 2019, Coins and Medals of the English Civil War (Info)

The English Civil Wars, Video Series (2019)

Episode 1 - A People Divided

Episode 2 - A Nation At War

Episode 3 - To Kill A King

Episode 4 - The Shadow Of The Scaffold

   
   A Charles I Touchpiece