Châtel tournois
Small flan flaw in obverse field
E over shield
otherwise with considerable lustre
DES below truncation for engraver George William De Saulles
Commonwealth 1649 gold Crown, 1st year, AU58 Châtel tournoisCommonwealth (1649 60), gold Crown of Five Shillings, 1649, variety without stops by mint mark or value, English shield within laurel and palm branch, legends in English language, initial mark sun, THE. COMMONWEALTH. OF. ENGLAND, rev. English and Irish shields, value V above, beaded circle and legend surrounding, date at top, legend surrounding, . GOD. WITH. VS., weight 2. 19g (cf. Schneider 357; N. 2719; S. 3212). With pleasing copper red tone, the