Sovereign Rarities Ltd
Auction 2 24 Sep 2019
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Commonwealth (1649-60), gold Half-Unite or Double Crown of Ten Shillings, 1651, English shield within laurel and palm branch, legends in English language, initial mark sun, .THE. COMMONWEALTH. OF. ENGLAND., rev. English and Irish shields, value .X. above, beaded circle and legend surrounding, date at top, .GOD. WITH. VS., weight 4.50g (Schneider 350; N.2717; S.3210). Attractively toned, with underlying brilliance, well centred, one light vertical crease otherwise good very fine.
This is the mid-denomination gold coin of the Commonwealth, with all hammered coins of this period being the first British coins to have legends in plain English. The accounting periods of this time period were long and all the gold output is known only as a total over a 30 month period from 16th May 1649 until Christmas Day 1651, which amounted to £34,505.
Provenance:
Ex St James Auction 22, 1st October 2012, lot 425.
This is the mid-denomination gold coin of the Commonwealth, with all hammered coins of this period being the first British coins to have legends in plain English. The accounting periods of this time period were long and all the gold output is known only as a total over a 30 month period from 16th May 1649 until Christmas Day 1651, which amounted to £34,505.
Provenance:
Ex St James Auction 22, 1st October 2012, lot 425.