Sovereign Rarities Ltd
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Very Rare and Broadly Struck Commonwealth Silver Crown of the Second Date of Denomination
Commonwealth (1649-60), silver Crown, 1651, English shield within laurel and palm branch, legends in English language, initial mark sun, .THE. COMMONWEALTH. OF. ENGLAND., all Ns struck over inverted Ns, rev. English and Irish shields, value .V. above, beaded circle and legend surrounding, date at top, .GOD. WITH. VS., weight 29.80g (Bull 3 R4; ESC 3 R4; N.2721; S3214). Attractively toned, struck on a broad flan as usual for this rare date, good very fine and extremely rare.
The Commonwealth coins were the first in the British series to carry English language legends. Surprisingly the first 18 month period of the Commonwealth from 16th May 1649 until Christmas Day of 1651, shows a smaller output of silver than it does for gold strikings of coins with a mere £31,570 of silver compared, to £34,505 worth of gold. The largest silver coins the crowns of 1649 and 1651 are the rarest silver issues of these years, with no Crowns in silver being produced at all dated 1650.
Provenance:
Ex St James Auction 10, 6th November 2008, lot 437.
Ex St James Auction 24, 23rd September 2013, lot 102 when graded by NGC as XF 45.
Ex A H Baldwin, Fixed Price List, Winter 2013, item BH077.
Commonwealth (1649-60), silver Crown, 1651, English shield within laurel and palm branch, legends in English language, initial mark sun, .THE. COMMONWEALTH. OF. ENGLAND., all Ns struck over inverted Ns, rev. English and Irish shields, value .V. above, beaded circle and legend surrounding, date at top, .GOD. WITH. VS., weight 29.80g (Bull 3 R4; ESC 3 R4; N.2721; S3214). Attractively toned, struck on a broad flan as usual for this rare date, good very fine and extremely rare.
The Commonwealth coins were the first in the British series to carry English language legends. Surprisingly the first 18 month period of the Commonwealth from 16th May 1649 until Christmas Day of 1651, shows a smaller output of silver than it does for gold strikings of coins with a mere £31,570 of silver compared, to £34,505 worth of gold. The largest silver coins the crowns of 1649 and 1651 are the rarest silver issues of these years, with no Crowns in silver being produced at all dated 1650.
Provenance:
Ex St James Auction 10, 6th November 2008, lot 437.
Ex St James Auction 24, 23rd September 2013, lot 102 when graded by NGC as XF 45.
Ex A H Baldwin, Fixed Price List, Winter 2013, item BH077.