Commonwealth 1651 gold Crown of Five Shillings MS65, no obverse stops +EDWARD'o D'o G'o REX AIIGL'o

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Depeyrot 9/1)

the 9 of date struck over a 6 or rotated 9

99g (Bentley 160

40 struck over 39

Commonwealth 1651 gold Crown of Five Shillings MS65, no obverse stops +EDWARD'o D'o G'o REX AIIGL'oCommonwealth (1649 60), gold Crown, 1651, no stops on obverse, 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, GOD. WITH. VS. (cf. Schneider 359; Bull EGC 62 R3; N. 2719; S. 3212). Lightly toned with underlying mint lustre, has been slabbed and graded by NGC as MS65, the finest