Rarer Threepences
The mint at Bristol produced rare threepences in 1644 and 1645. In 1644 the Aberystwyth obverse was used to produce a coin with the reverse showing the Declaration of Oxford: – The religion of the Protestants, the laws of England, the liberty of Parliament 1644, while around the outside of the coin is the legend – Let God arise and His enemies be scattered. This was repeated in 1645, but with a plumelet instead of a plume in front of the king's face.
In 1644 the Exeter mint produced a fairly scarce threepence. It features a left-facing crowned bust of the king with the numeral III behind him, with the legend, with the reverse showing the royal arms on a shield with the date 1644 above the shield, and the legend . Extremely rare threepences were also produced at the Worcester or Shrewsbury mints, and possibly also at Chester.
No threepences were produced by the Commonwealth.
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