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Auction: 25007 - … British and World Coins and Medals featuring The Oriole Collection of Gold and Silver English Coins
Lot: 297

Commonwealth (1649-1660), Sixpence, 1649, Tower, (i.m.) • THE • COMMONWEALTH • OF • ENGLAND •, shield of England within palm and laurel wreath, rev. • GOD • WITH • VS •, conjoined shields of England and Ireland, value above, 2.72g [41.97grns], 6h, i.m. sun [on obverse only] (ESC 1483; Bull 177; North 2726; S.3219), soft to devices, with toning to a mostly full flan, bolder fine, first year of issue type

Provenance

Andrew Howitt [History in Coins], by private treaty, March 2010

Tim Owen, by private treaty [with ticket]

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Estimate
£200 to £250

Starting price
£140