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The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins

Marvin Lessen

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Lot

№ 1285 x

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21 January 2021

Hammer Price:
£320

XVII: Copies of Cromwell Coins, Shilling, 1658, laureate bust left, rev. crowned shield, edge hand-grained, 5.48g/85.0gr/6h (Lessen, BNJ 1996, p.132, cf. j30, this piece listed; cf. ESC 254 [1005]; cf. S 3228). A cast copy in base silver from false dies, good fine and extremely rare £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins.

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Provenance: Gift of P.D. Mitchell 1978.

A similar coin with identical letter doubling is in the British Museum. See Lot 1288