CNG 94, Lot: 1964. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART, Siege money. Newark. 1645-1646. AR Shilling (23mm, 5.95 g, 12h). Dated 1646. Crown; C R flanking, XII below / OBS:/NEWARK/1646 in three lines. Hird 255 var. (pearls in band on crown); Brooker 1225; North 2640; SCBC 3143. Near EF, toned, minor die shift on the reverse. Rare without pearls in band of crown, a characteristic typical of 1645 obverse dies.