Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 635
The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Commonwealth (1649-1660), Shilling, 1649, Tower, • THE • COMMONWEALTH • OF • ENGLAND • English shield within palm and laurel wreath, rev. • 1649 • GOD • WITH • VS, standardised • XII • above conjoined shields of England and Ireland, 5.75g [88.8grns], 4h, m.m. sun (Bull 69; ESC 982; North 2724; Spink 3217), some peripheral striking softness, with traces of doubling, flecking and scratches in fields, otherwise darkly toned, a really bold fine to almost very fine, the seldom encountered seminal year of the Commonwealth
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Sold for
£420
Starting price
£120