Sovereign Rarities Ltd
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Commonwealth (1649-60), silver Shilling, 1660, English shield within laurel and palm branch, legends in English language, initial mark anchor, .THE. COMMONWEALTH. OF. ENGLAND., rev. English and Irish shields, value .XII. above, beaded circle and legend surrounding, date at top, legend surrounding, .GOD. WITH. VS., weight 5.80g (Bull 170 R3; ESC 1001; N.2725; S.3218). Toned, good fine.
Struck at the very end of the Commonwealth period under the second Lord Protector Richard Cromwell such final date 1660 Shillings are very rare, and carry the anchor mint mark current from the 1st December 1657 till 31st May 1660. The last Commonwealth accounting period that will cover this date of the Shilling shows £20,739 worth of silver struck. All hammered coins of this period have legends in plain English.
Provenance:
Ex Dix Noonan and Webb, Auction 67, 28th September 2005, lot 694.
Struck at the very end of the Commonwealth period under the second Lord Protector Richard Cromwell such final date 1660 Shillings are very rare, and carry the anchor mint mark current from the 1st December 1657 till 31st May 1660. The last Commonwealth accounting period that will cover this date of the Shilling shows £20,739 worth of silver struck. All hammered coins of this period have legends in plain English.
Provenance:
Ex Dix Noonan and Webb, Auction 67, 28th September 2005, lot 694.