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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 3585419, member: 42034&quot;]A quadruple thaler of 1642.&nbsp; This is more commonly known as an Oxford English pound and was made from, I think, melted silver plate.&nbsp; Not plated silver but they used to call solid silver utensils &quot;plate&quot; in the old days.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately my specimen is slabbed as VF details so I can&#039;t weigh it.&nbsp; While neither Heritage nor Stacks nor NGC list any weights, the Spinks (London) website has one silver pound listed: same year &amp; mint at <b>118.02 grams</b>.&nbsp; A number of other silver crowns (1/4 of a pound) of that era weigh from 29.22 to 30.02 grams so the target weight should be around 120 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse inscription outside the beaded circle is:</p><p>Let God Arise [and] Let His Enemies Be Scattered&quot; (Psalm 68:1)</p><p><br /></p><p>These were issued to be presented to Royalist (Cavalier) Calvery Officers during the 1st phase of the English Civil War of 1642 - 1646.&nbsp; This specimen was gotten from Stacks, Aug 2016 ANA Auction, lot 20574.&nbsp; It was very reasonably priced for one of these.&nbsp; Normally I don&#039;t collect these but it was one of those types I watch for to see if one will ever sell cheaply.&nbsp; Also I favor big circulating coins especially.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been wanting to crack this one out of the slab so I can photograph it and weigh it.&nbsp; The slab is quite nicely done and a lot of plastic tho.</p><p><img src="https://coinsandhistory.com/pix_shared/pix_cointalk/England_Chas-I_Pnd_1642_Stks_both_low_600px.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Having lived in Brazil for 3 years and as a current member of the Brazilian Numismatic Society (Sao Paulo chapter), I also admire their large silver 4,000 reis coins but don&#039;t own one myself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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