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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 87

xOliver Cromwell (1656-60), Pattern Broad or Twenty Shillings, 1656, 9.10g., by Thomas Simon, laureate head left, olivar.d.g. r. p.ang.sco.et hib &c pro., rev. inverted die axis, crowned shield of the Protectorate, pax.qvaeritvr.bello. 1656, nine strings to Irish harp; edge straight grained, (Schneider 367; Lessen A2; N.2744; S.3225; W&R.39 R2), scratch behind head, lightly hairlined, extremely fine / good extremely fine with proof-like brilliance Estimate £ 8,000-10,000

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