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Auction: 21156 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 12: British and World Coins and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 7315

Oliver Cromwell, Contemporary Imitation Broad, 1656, laureate head left, rev. crowned shield of the Protectorate, edge milled, 7.87g, 6h (Lessen, BNJ 1996, p.132, a4b, this piece; cf. North 2744; cf. Spink 3225), slightly creased and bright, otherwise highly curious, a remarkable contemporaneous forgery in gold of Cromwell's canon, presumably very rare

Provenance
North Yorkshire Moors (Lessen), Part IV, DNW 186, 21 January 2021, lot 1280

Baldwin, 1981

Glendining, 26 March 1942, lot 53 [part]

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£2,000

Starting price
£500