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Auction: 18004 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 422

Commonwealth (1649-60), Shilling, 1657, m.m. sun, 5.92g, shield of England within palm and laurel wreath, rev. conjoined shields of England and Ireland, mark of value above (ESC 158 {996} [R5]; N.2724; S.3217), slightly uneven flan, very fine and toned, extremely rare and conceivably the finest known

provenance:
E S Bell, Glendining, 9 February 2000, lot 313, £720
Bt. Spink, 18 November 1970, £100 (with ticket suggesting)
Possibly
Dr E C Carter collection, purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1950
H A Parsons, Sotheby, 28 October - 1 November 1929, lot 602, £5, 10/- (part)


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Sold for
£3,800