Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
January 2017 NYINC Auction 12-14 January 2017
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GREAT BRITAIN. Pattern Half Broad, Dated 1656 (1738). Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector (1653-58). NGC PROOF-63. Sole Certified Example.
Sole Certified Example. S-unlisted; KM-PnA26; North-pg. 208, i; Wilson & Rasmussen-42 (Rarity 5). EXTREMELY RARE. Struck in gold. Plain edge. Obverse die by the Dutch, Reverse die by John S. Tanner, struck at the Royal Mint in London circa 1738. "OLIVAR D G RP ANG SCO HIB PRO" Laureate bust of Oliver Cromwell facing right; Reverse: "PAX QUAERITUR BELLO" (Peace is sought through war) Crowned shield of the Protectorate, lion at center, date above. Produced with an obverse die that was created by the Dutch, noted as missing the "&" in the obverse legend and paired with a reverse die produced by John S. Tanner, an engraver at the Royal Mint and instrumental in the 1738 re-issuance of the Cromwell portraiture coinage. Significant die breaks, especially on the reverse. Deep sunset "orange peel" tone. The sole certified example. From a current population speculated to be in the single digits. NGC PROOF-63.
From the Michael Druck Collection.
Estimate: $15000.00- $20000.00
Sole Certified Example. S-unlisted; KM-PnA26; North-pg. 208, i; Wilson & Rasmussen-42 (Rarity 5). EXTREMELY RARE. Struck in gold. Plain edge. Obverse die by the Dutch, Reverse die by John S. Tanner, struck at the Royal Mint in London circa 1738. "OLIVAR D G RP ANG SCO HIB PRO" Laureate bust of Oliver Cromwell facing right; Reverse: "PAX QUAERITUR BELLO" (Peace is sought through war) Crowned shield of the Protectorate, lion at center, date above. Produced with an obverse die that was created by the Dutch, noted as missing the "&" in the obverse legend and paired with a reverse die produced by John S. Tanner, an engraver at the Royal Mint and instrumental in the 1738 re-issuance of the Cromwell portraiture coinage. Significant die breaks, especially on the reverse. Deep sunset "orange peel" tone. The sole certified example. From a current population speculated to be in the single digits. NGC PROOF-63.
From the Michael Druck Collection.
Estimate: $15000.00- $20000.00