Details
LOT 3910
Great Britain, Commonwealth of England AR Penny. 1649-1660. London mint.
English cross in shield within laurel and palm branch / Conjoined shields of England and Ireland; •I• (mark of value) above. Bull 228; ESC 2263; North 2729; SCBC 3222. Fine. Wavy flan.(0.44gr, 12mm, 5h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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