Charles 1 1638 Halfcrown and an interesting "factoid". Any more?

Charles I. Ex Baldwin July 2025.



Charles I (1625-1649), AR Halfcrown, Tower mint, Group III, type 3a1, mm. tun. Charles on horseback (third horseman), no groundline.
Rev. Oval-garnished shield, 14.75g/6h. (N. 2209; SCBI Brooker 337; S. 2773). Very Fine or better, full flan.

Here is an interesting fact about the mintmark which is a tun. The mintmark defines the years the coin was minted, in this instance only between 1636 and 1638. More significantly, A tun is a large cask or barrel, particularly one used for holding liquids like wine, ale, or beer. Historically, it was also a unit of liquid measure, typically holding 252 wine gallons.

The word is also the origin of the word "ton" for weight, because the weight of a tun of wine was approximately one long ton (2,240 pounds).
Another interesting thing ( well to me anyway) is that in recent times we accept the word "factoid" as being an interesting true fact, albeit trivial.

The word was coined by American writer Norman Mailer in 1973. He created it by combining "fact" with the suffix "-oid," which means "similar to but not the same."
According to Mailer's original definition, a factoid is:

"An invented or false piece of information that is believed to be true because it has appeared in print or has been repeated often."
I looked this up several years ago when the word began to be used on the radio over here and it was new to me.

Any more coin "factoids" ?

 

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I guess you could say almost anything Breen ever said fits your above definition of "invented or false information" that "has been repeated often".

 

Charles I (1625 - 1649 A.D.)
AR Half Crown
O: · · CAROL[V]S D’· G’· MAG’· BRI’· FRA’ ET · HIB’· REX ·, Charles on horseback left, holding reins with left hand and sword in right / (triangle in circle).
R: CHRISTO · AVSPICE · REGNO ·, oval coat-of-arms.
Group IV
Tower (London)Mint, Struck 1641 - 1642 A.D.
34mm
14.96g
Cf. Bull 463/31; Brooker 374 var. (HI not HIB); North 2214; SCBC 2779.

 

I can't disagree with you because I know little about USA coins but if you wrote the book in your tag line, I have it, read it, and enjoyed it!