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August 2016 ANA Auction - Sess. A-C 10-12 August 2016
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GREAT BRITAIN. Shilling, 1658. Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector (1649-60). ANACS MS-60.
S-3228; ESC-1005; KM-A207; North-2745. Older small white ANACS holder. A one year issue struck the year Cromwell died (September 3, 1658). A masterpiece of the coiners art with a texturized portrait against highly reflective prooflike fields. Clearly a piece that was struck with fresh dies, exhibiting exquisite detail throughout the devices and legends. The nearly white centers give way to darker amber and finally gunmetal blue along the rims, with a few faint evenly dispersed marks in the fields being the only detriment worthy of mention; had the coin been struck with worn dies, the frosted surfaces would likely have left the marks undetectable. From a tumultuous period in British history, with some historians declaring him one of the greatest leaders of all time and others describing Oliver Cromwell as a regicidal dictator. Whatever one's own interpretation of history, the coin offered here is a marvelous portion of Commonwealth era history that is sure to add considerable gravity to the collection it joins. ANACS MS-60.
Estimate: $2000.00- $3000.00
S-3228; ESC-1005; KM-A207; North-2745. Older small white ANACS holder. A one year issue struck the year Cromwell died (September 3, 1658). A masterpiece of the coiners art with a texturized portrait against highly reflective prooflike fields. Clearly a piece that was struck with fresh dies, exhibiting exquisite detail throughout the devices and legends. The nearly white centers give way to darker amber and finally gunmetal blue along the rims, with a few faint evenly dispersed marks in the fields being the only detriment worthy of mention; had the coin been struck with worn dies, the frosted surfaces would likely have left the marks undetectable. From a tumultuous period in British history, with some historians declaring him one of the greatest leaders of all time and others describing Oliver Cromwell as a regicidal dictator. Whatever one's own interpretation of history, the coin offered here is a marvelous portion of Commonwealth era history that is sure to add considerable gravity to the collection it joins. ANACS MS-60.
Estimate: $2000.00- $3000.00