Description: Oliver Cromwell SHILLING 1658 MODERN MUSEUM SPECIMEN COIN EXACT IN DETAIL TO THE COIN IT WAS CAST FROM A HIGHLY DETAILED REPRODUCTION COIN AND A GREAT FILLER FOR ANY NUMISMATIST OR COLLECTOR OF ANCIENT COINS Obverse: Laureate head of Oliver Cromwell. Text around OLIVARD GRP ANG SCO HIB & PRO. Reverse: Crowned coat-of-arms of the Protectorate, quartered arms of England, Scotland and Ireland; central escutcheon with lion rampant, left. Date 1658 split by crown. Grained edge. Text around PAX QVAE RITVR BELLO (Peace is sought by war). History: Oliver Cromwell was established as ‘Lord Protector’ of the nation in December 1653 and new coinage featuring a portrait of Cromwell, adorning a laurel wreath, was worked on and finally authorised in 1655. All coins were machine made, struck from the dies of Thomas Simon in the presses of the Frenchman, Pierre Blondeau. There were two full production runs one in 1657 and the other just before Cromwell's death in September 1658.Date: 1658 Diameter: 2.7cmMUSEUM SPECIMEN COINS ARE COINS CAST FROM MOULDS SUPPLIED TO MUSEUMS SO HAVE THE DETAIL AND FEEL OF THE ORIGINAL, THEY ARE USED IN DISPLAYS AND AS HANDS ON COINS IN THE MUSEUM. YOU ARE BUYING THE COIN IN THE PICTURE
Price: 6.99 GBP
Location: Solihull
End Time: 2024-08-08T12:00:01.000Z
Shipping Cost: 6.4 GBP
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Type: British
Period: 17th Century
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Country/Region: England
