IV: Coins of Oliver Cromwell, Pattern Farthing, undated, by D. Ramage, in silver, laureate bust left, olivar pro eng sc irl, rev. charitie and change, crowned shield, lozenge stops both sides, edge plain, 3.40g/52.8gr/6h (Lessen Q46, this coin; Cooke –; BMC 393, this piece; cf. Montagu 5; cf. N 2750). Perhaps at one time gilt, some test scratches in front of face, otherwise fine; UNIQUE as a silver Farthing of Oliver Cromwell £10,000-£15,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins.

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Provenance: Earl of Pembroke Collection, Sotheby Auction, 31 July-19 August 1848, lot 1400; S. Addington Collection; H. Montagu Collection, Part IV, Sotheby Auction, 15-17 July 1897, lot 51; J.G. Murdoch Collection, Part II, Sotheby Auction, 8-13 June 1903, lot 758; C.A. Watters Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-5 May 1917, lot 449; G.H. Stafford Collection, Sotheby Auction, 12-14 July 1926, lot 587; bt Spink 1968.

Examined by the British Museum Research Laboratory in October 1971 and confirmed as a struck piece (XRF reference file no. 3127, 6 October 1971, signed by Dr Tony Werner, Keeper)