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NYINC Signature Sale 3081 12-13 Jan 2020
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Oliver Cromwell gold Broad 1656 MS62 NGC, KM-Pn25, S-3225, W&R-39. After the English Civil War terminated in 1649 with the execution of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, the leader of the anti-monarchist Parliamentarians, became Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England. Seven years later, through combining the masterful engraving of Thomas Simon and the engineering know-how of Pierre Blondeau, the Cromwell portrait series was created. A step towards hypocritically representing Cromwell as King, this milled coinage featured the Lord Protector wearing a laureate wreath and the reverse shield featuring a crown, its overall quality a significant improvement over previous issues.
The present example does the type that it represents beyond full justice, every portion and smallest detail struck to precise definition. The fields in the background remain drenched in golden luster, revealing a profound display of amber and cupric tones, which themselves result in a "red gold" appearance that would be difficult to exceed for its beauty. A lightly stippled texture over Cromwell's bust, a virtual hallmark for the type, serves to only further confirm its originality, while also adding a secondary degree of visual contrast between the fields and devices. Tied for the second-finest graded at NGC to-date, this sublime rarity is sure to dazzle any collector fortunate enough to experience it in hand.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/great-britain/great-britain-oliver-cromwell-gold-broad-1656-ms62-ngc-/a/3081-32196.s?type=CoinArchives3081
HID02906262019
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Estimate: 38000-44000 USD
Oliver Cromwell gold Broad 1656 MS62 NGC, KM-Pn25, S-3225, W&R-39. After the English Civil War terminated in 1649 with the execution of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, the leader of the anti-monarchist Parliamentarians, became Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England. Seven years later, through combining the masterful engraving of Thomas Simon and the engineering know-how of Pierre Blondeau, the Cromwell portrait series was created. A step towards hypocritically representing Cromwell as King, this milled coinage featured the Lord Protector wearing a laureate wreath and the reverse shield featuring a crown, its overall quality a significant improvement over previous issues.
The present example does the type that it represents beyond full justice, every portion and smallest detail struck to precise definition. The fields in the background remain drenched in golden luster, revealing a profound display of amber and cupric tones, which themselves result in a "red gold" appearance that would be difficult to exceed for its beauty. A lightly stippled texture over Cromwell's bust, a virtual hallmark for the type, serves to only further confirm its originality, while also adding a secondary degree of visual contrast between the fields and devices. Tied for the second-finest graded at NGC to-date, this sublime rarity is sure to dazzle any collector fortunate enough to experience it in hand.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/great-britain/great-britain-oliver-cromwell-gold-broad-1656-ms62-ngc-/a/3081-32196.s?type=CoinArchives3081
HID02906262019
© 2019 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 38000-44000 USD