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DM08031
Commonwealth 1656 Crown, 6 over 4, MS62
Commonwealth (1649-60), silver Crown, 1656, second 6 of date struck over 4, English shield within laurel and palm branch, legends in English language, initial mark sun, .THE. COMMONWEALTH. OF. ENGLAND., rev. English and Irish shields, value .V. above, beaded circle and legend surrounding, date at top, GOD. WITH. VS., 29.95g (cf.Bull 13; ESC 9; N.2721; S3214; KM.392). Toned, has been graded and slabbed by NGC as MS62, with only one piece currently graded a point higher out of a total of nine graded; for comparison PCGS have graded six examples all AU58 or below, therefore this is the second highest currently graded.
NGC Certification 4862402-003.
Provenance: Ex Ira and Larry Goldberg, Auction 48, 14th September 2008, lot 2526. Ex A H Baldwin, Fixed Price List, Winter 2013, item BH078.
This coin does not have the inverted A for V on the reverse as per the Bull entry. The Commonwealth coinage was the only to have legends in English language until the 1953 Crown of Queen Elizabeth had an edge inscription in English.
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What happens if I’m not entirely happy with my purchase?
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