minted in Cisalpine Gaul
first issue (1558-60)
otherwise a bold fine and the rarest variety of 1854
has been graded and slabbed by PCGS as MS62
pellet topped piles in angle
Charles I Shilling, Tower Mint, group D, 4th bust, large bust 5, mm portcullis minted in Cisalpine GaulCharles I (1625 49), silver Shilling, Tower Mint, Group D, bust 5, larger fourth crowned bust left just breaking inner circle at top, double arched crown with beaded arches, value XII in field behind, Latin legend and beaded borders surrounding both sides, initial mark portcullis (1633 34) both sides, . CAROLVS D; G; MA; BR; FR; ET. HI; REX., rev. quartered shield of arms in frame, C to left, R to right, only stops in legend either side of initial