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Auction: 17006 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 847

Commonwealth (1649-60), Shilling, 5.68g, 1655 over 4 over 3, m.m. sun, shield of England within palm and laurel wreath, rev., conjoined shields of England and Ireland, mark of value above (ESC 149 {994A} [R3] this coin; N.2724; S.3217), pierced in centre, otherwise fine or better, rare

provenance:
D S Freedman, Spink auction 55, 8 October 1986, lot 52, £160 - "officially pierced at the time of the 1696 recoinage, otherwise fine and the overdate clear, extremely rare"
Dr. E C Carter, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin in 1950

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Sold for
£420