Auction Catalogue

30 September 2009

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Important British and World Coinsxx

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 3871

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30 September 2009

Hammer Price:
£310

Oliver Cromwell, Sixpence, 1658, liberty cap below bust, 4.24g/6h (cf. ESC 1504ff; cf. N 2748; cf. S 3229). A contemporary (or slightly later) cast, fine or better, very rare £200-300

The liberty cap may relate to the Netherlands where it was an emblem of political freedom