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Commonwealth 1653 Unite AU58
Commonwealth (1649-60), gold Unite of Twenty Shillings, 1653, English shield within laurel and palm branch, legends in English language, initial mark sun, .THE. COMMONWEALTH. OF. ENGLAND., rev. English and Irish shields, value .XX. above, beaded circle and legend surrounding, date at top, legend surrounding, .GOD. WITH. VS., weight 9.16g (Schneider 341; N.2715; S.3208). Toned with an attractive red colour, has been slabbed and graded by NGC as AU58, currently the fifth highest graded of fifteen that have been graded by this service; PCGS have only graded seven pieces, one of which is higher.
NGC Certification 5880543-002
All gold coins of this period are struck in 22 carat gold and are the first British coins to have legends in plain English.
Provenance:
Ex The International Collection, Stacks, C.I.C.F. Auction, 4th March 1988, lot 1996.
Ex "A Superb Collection of British Gold Coins," Stacks, New York, 2nd December 1998, lot 314.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group stock, January 1999, item 709955
Ex James and Martha Robertson Collection, Triton XXIII, CNG, New York, 14th January 2020, lot 1331.




