Civil War - Royalist

Colchester Castle

Colchester was originally thought to have produced coinage during the siege in the summer of 1848 during the Second Civil War, but it is now believed all pieces were produced at a later time.

Half Unite

1648 Half Unite / Double Crown minted in Colchester Castle

	OBS : COL Castle gateway dividing the crowned royal cipher CR
Nelson 37, North 2637, S 2700. Ex Seaby's "Black Museum" forgery reference collection, 1985 - Robert Ready (1859-1897) cast from an electrotype.