"The latest coins were minted in the autumn of 1642, the beginning of the English Civil War and just prior to the Battle of Aylesbury, which took place a few miles away at Holman's Bridge.

In total, there were 1,064 coins spanning the reigns of Elizabeth I in the 1560s to Charles I in the 1640s. The latest coins had been minted a few months before the Battle of Aylesbury during the ...

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The Newark Civil War siege coin, a silver shilling, sold by Anderson and Garland Auctioneers. Joseph Robert O'Donnell, marketing manager for Anderson and Garland, said: “This rare lozenge-shaped ...

The silver shilling is dated 1645, and was minted during the third and final siege of Newark during the last year of the First English Civil War in 1646. Besieged Royalists, facing a shortage of ...

A rare coin minted by Royalists during the English Civil War is to be put up for auction. The lozenge-shaped coin is said to offer an insight into a pivotal moment of history, when the ...

Sixteen forty four, Battle of Marston Moor. With such mnemonics - and three weeks' swotting - I managed to pass my A-Level History Special Subject exam of long ago: The English Civil War ...

Three rare tokens issued as money during the English Civil War in Nottinghamshire have fetched nearly £10,000 at auction. The town of Newark on Trent was held by forces loyal to King Charles I ...

The English Civil War (1642-1651) was a series of armed conflicts between the Royalists, who supported King Charles I, and the Parliamentarians, who sought to limit his power and establish a ...

English Gold Sovereign The English Gold Sovereign was first introduced in 1489 by King Henry VII. It was worth one pound (20 shillings) and weighed around 15.55 grams. The coin had the king’s ...

Contributed photo The Sanders coin's current owner Bob Moffatt (right) with the late great Steve Tanenbaum (left), who sold Bob this token. He told me that tokens from the Civil War were privately ...