English Stuart Coins - Commonwealth - 1649 - Shilling
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LOT 2587

English Stuart Coins - Commonwealth - 1649 - Shilling Dated 1649 A.D.

Obv: shield of St George within wreath with THE COMMONWEALTH OF ENGLAND legend and 'sun' mintmark. Rev: co-joined shields of St George and Ireland with •XII• above and GOD WITH VS legend and date. Very fine. Rare.(5.60 grams.).

Provenance

Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, UK.
Property of a Kent collector.

Literature

S. 3217; N. 2724.

Footnotes

Charles I was executed on 30 January 1649 and this shilling was issued in the first year of the Commonwealth, declared under the Rump Parliament on 16 May 1649, under the auspices of that Parliament and a Council of State; it was not until 1653 that the army, under Oliver Cromwell, took control.

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LOT 2587

English Stuart Coins - Commonwealth - 1649 - Shilling

Sold for (Inc. bp): £562

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