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Auction: 18004 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 434

Commonwealth (1649-60), Sixpence, 1657 over 6, m.m. sun, 2.95g, shield of England within palm and laurel wreath, rev. conjoined shields of England and Ireland, mark of value above (ESC - {1493} [R5]; N.2726; S.3219), very fine, toned, extremely rare

provenance:
D S Freedman, Spink 55, 8 October 1986
Dr. E C Carter collection, purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1950
H A Parsons, Sotheby, 28 October - 1 November 1929, lot 602 (part), £5, 10/-

Similar examples were featured in both the Montagu (1896) and Murdoch (1903) sales, one of which may subsequently prove to be this coin.

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Sold for
£1,700