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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 133

Oliver Cromwell, Dutch Copy Sixpence, thick flan, 6.03g., once thought to be a Ninepence, dated 1658, struck circa 1738, small laureate and draped bust left, olivar.d.g r.p.ang.sco.hib.pro, toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned shield of arms of the Protectorate, four strings to Irish harp, date above, pax.qvaeritvr.bello, edge, plain (ESC 1506 R4; cf.S.3229), dark even tone, extremely fine,d extremely rare Estimate £2,000-3,000 provenance Purchased Baldwin 1944 for £18

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