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Auction: 25007 - … British and World Coins and Medals featuring The Oriole Collection of Gold and Silver English Coins
Lot: 296

Commonwealth (1649-1660), Proof Pattern Shilling, 1651, by Pierre Blondeau, (i.m.) THE • COMMONWEALTH • OF • ENGLAND •, shield of England within palm and laurel wreath, rev. • GOD • WITH • VS • 1651, value over shields of England and Ireland in beaded circle, edge milled, 5.70g [87.96grns], 6h, i.m. sun [obverse only] (ESC 1002 [R3]; Bull 173), faint evidence of mounting at 12 o'clock and rubbed, darker toning in parts, bold fine, an ever sought after milled pattern of the Commonwealth series

Provenance

Andrew Howitt [History in Coins], by private treaty, February 2011


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Estimate
£800 to £1,000

Starting price
£550