1084632 | GREAT BRITAIN. England. Oliver Cromwell. (Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1653-1658). 1658 AR Sixpence. PCGS AU58. By Johann Sigismund Tanner. Edge: Plain. Laureate bust, left / Crowned arms divides date above. KM E207; SCBC-3229A; ESC-263.

Dutch copy by Tanner. Lessen gives an estimate of less than fifty examples in existence. Lessen goes on to say that some of these are early (mostly?) 17th Century Dutch struck pieces, and it is possible that some were struck at the Royal Mint circa 1738 from dies purchased from the Dutch. The weights of the known coins can vary a lot from 51 to 102 grains perhaps suggesting lighter coins are from one source and heavier from another. This piece weighs about 86 grains.


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