Charles II (1660-85), silver Halfcrown, 1673, fourth laureate and draped bust right, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, CAROLVS. II. DEI. GRATIA, rev. crowned cruciform emblematic shields, interlinked Cs in angles, garter star at centre, date either side of top crown, seven strings to Irish harp, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, MAG. BR.FRA. ET.HIB REX. edge inscribed in raised letters, .+. DECVS. ET. TVTAMEN. ANNO. REGNI. VICESIMO. QVINTO, 14.66g (Bull 463; ESC 473; S.3367). Toned with wear to high points, short scratch in obverse field, has been slabbed and graded by NGC as XF45.NGC certification 8368422-014.
The Latin legends translate as on the obverse "Charles the Second by the Grace of God" and on the reverse, "King of Great Britain, France and Ireland" and additionally on the edge "An ornament and a safeguard, in the twenty fifth year of the reign." The regnal year for Charles II always ignores the Commonwealth period and counts the regnal year from the death of his Father in January 1648/9.
We note the calendar year output of silver for 1673 amounted to a total of £313,300.