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№ 172

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6 May 2020

Hammer Price:
£1,000

Oliver Cromwell, Sixpence, 1658, liberty cap below bust, 4.08g/6h (cf. ESC 1504ff; cf. N 2748; cf. S 3229; cf. St James’s 35, 52). A contemporary (or slightly later) cast, fine or better, very rare £1,500-£1,800

The liberty cap may relate to the Netherlands, where it was an emblem of political freedom