Crown 1653 CommonwealthESC 6, Bull 6, mintmark Sun, 29.69 grammes, Bold Fine on an irregularly shaped flan, the reverse with some old scratches in the angles within the shield and some minor flan stress marks
Crown 1653 CommonwealthESC 6, Bull 6, S.3214 NEF with some light contact and flan stress marks, far fewer than usually encountered on this issue. Struck on a full round flan, a very desirable example exhibiting an original grey tone, and with much eye appeal, seldom seen as nice as this
Crown 1653 CommonwealthESC 6, Bull 6, S.3212,with some scratches around the first M of COMMONWEALTH around VF, with a little doubling to some of the lettering, with some signs of old cleaning, now almost fully retoned, an evenly struck piece on a full round flan
Crown 1653 CommonwealthESC 6, Bull 6, S.3212, formerly in an NGC holder and graded AU53, GVF and nicely toned, boldly struck for the issue, the reverse with a thin scratch and a planchet clip, a most attractive example and desirable in this grade
CrownCommonwealth 1653 inverted A for V in VS, ESC 6A, mintmark Sun, VF with a pleasing and even grey tone, struck on a full round flan with only slight flan stress on the reverse as usually encountered on this issue, rated R3 by ESC, only the second, and by far the finest example of this type that we have offered
Commonwealth (4) Sixpence 1652 ESC 1486 Bold Fine, holed, Sixpence date unclear, heavily clipped, Shilling 1656 ESC 995 Good Fine, holed, Halfcrown 1653a contemporary forgery in base metal, possibly once gilded VG, all with old 1960s tickets
HalfcrownCommonwealth 1653 ESC 431 the 3 in the date has the top half missing due to an irregular flan shape, identified by the lower part being a different shape to the 5, Fine or better with some signs of flan stress
Crown 1653 CommonwealthESC 6 EF but has been plugged and repaired on the G and D of GOD and before the V and on the S of VS, and with some flan damage by the O of GOD, of sharper appearance than the ESC plate coin
Halfcrown 1653 Commonwealth No stop after THE, ESC 431A Good Fine with some signs of flan stress in the centre on each side, otherwise boldly struck and unusual as such
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