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Auction: 17007 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 156

Commonwealth (1649-60), Shilling, 1656, m.m. sun, 5.78g, reads o.f, no stop after commonwealth, shield of England within palm and laurel wreath, rev. conjoined shields of England and Ireland, mark of value above (ESC 154 {-} [R3], this coin; S.2724; S.3217), listed in previous catalogue as second M over F in commonwealth, slightly irregular flan, very fine, rare

provenance:
DNW 104, 5 December 2012, lot 291

Michael Sharp catalogued this coin in 2009, commenting: "very fine, an apparently unrecorded variety"

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