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Auction: 17007 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 164

Commonwealth (1649-60), Sixpence, 1652 over 49, m.m. sun, 2.84g, reads commmonwealth, shield of England within palm and laurel wreath, rev. conjoined shields of England and Ireland, mark of value above (ESC 194 {1487B} [R5]; N.2726; S.3219), fields lightly tooled, near very fine, extremely rare

provenance:
S A Bole, part I, DNW 89, 29 September 2010, lot 1634, £1,100
H E Manville, Spink 154, 12 July 2001, lot 46
Bt. Baldwin, July 1980

This coin is documented in the footnotes to ESC 1487B (fifth edition) and is also struck from the same obverse die as a 1651 over 0 Double Crown from Lockett, part IV, lot 4245 (illus.)

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Estimate
£1,200 to £1,500