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Commonwealth (1649-1660), Farthing, undated [1654], in pewter, shield containing cross moline, initials tk encircled by wreath of roses above, rev. for necessary change, shield with Irish harp, rayed sun added to centre, 6.87g (BMC 373; N 2742). Very fine for this, very rare (£400-600)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of British Coins formed by Edward Judson.

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Provenance:
D.S. Napier Collection, Glendining Auction, 30 May 1956, lot 186 (part).

Die-axis 6h; considerably superior to the Shuttlewood specimen (SNC February 2001, MC 0319).

These coins, weighing a quarter of an ounce of fine pewter, saw a brief circulation, perhaps measured only in two weeks, at the end of April and beginning of May 1654 (cf. BMC pp.94-5)