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1658 8 over 7 Commonwealth mm Anchor Sixpence
£2,700
Commonwealth (1649-60), Sixpence, 1658 over 7, m.m. anchor, , shield of England within palm and laurel wreath, rev. conjoined shields of England and Ireland, mark of value above (ESC 210 {1495} [R3]; N.2727; S.3220) weight 2.51 grams
Struck from rusty dies, edge split at 7 o'clock, otherwise very fine and very rare, with old collection ticket. This the only time we have offered this very rare overdate.
Provenance:
Ex Tisbury Collection (Bt. Baldwin, 14 August 1985)
Additional tickets in the hand writing of Albert Henry Baldwin (1858 - 1936) & the pencil one Henry Webb