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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 380

Commonwealth (1649-1660), Sixpence, 1649, Tower, · THE · COMMONWEALTH · OF · ENGLAND · shield of England in wreath of laurel and palm, in thin wire-line inner circle, rev. · GOD · WITH · VS · value over shields of England and Ireland in beaded circle, 2.93g, 7h, i.m. sun [on obverse only] (ESC 1483; Bull 177; North 2726; S.3219), speckled carbon spotting across lustrous and gunmetal-toned fields, with a trace of doubling to finer details, otherwise a pleasing very fine, the obverse better still and the rare seminal date of issue for 'Breeches Money'

Provenance

The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection (1870-1941)

Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 4 October 1900 - £0.18.6

Spink Numismatic Circular, October 1900 (P.4623, no. 66256) - "1649, Mm. Sun. THE COMMONWEALTH &c. Shield within wreaths, Rev. GOD WITH VS 1649. Two shields, value (VI) above, extremely fine" - £0.18.6


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