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OLIVER CROMWELL 1656 GOLD BROAD

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Code: 10743



Oliver Cromwell 1656 Gold Broad of Twenty Shillings 
Obverse: Laureate head facing left, with legend and toothed border surrounding|: OLIVAR. D. G. R. P. ANG. SCO. ET. HIB. & PRO.
Reverse: Crowned quartered shield of arms of the Protectorate, date (16-56) either side of the crown, with legend and toothed border surrounding: PAX. QVÆRITVR. BELLO.
Edge milled
S.3225; N.2744; Schneider 367; WR 39 R2.
Lightly toned with underlying brilliance, fields lightly hair-lined with a few light contact marks, a little weak in strike at centre as usually seen with this issue, otherwise a bold good very fine/ nearly extremely fine and Rare.