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Description: | 1649-1660 Commonwealth period, hammered silver penny. Obverse: Shield of Saint George within wreath formed of a palm and laurel branch. No legend. Reverse: Conjoined shields of Saint George and Ireland with mark of value 'I' above. No legend or date. London mint. Length 12.3mm, Width 10.6mm, Thickness 0.6mm, Diameter 12.3mm, Weight 0.3g, Die axis 90 deg. or 3 o'clock. Broken coin with a quarter curved section of the flan missing, also evidence of clipping, some wear and good silver colour with a little grey tarnish Ref: Coins of England and the UK, Spink 2003, page 295 No. 3222 and English Hammered Coinage Vol. 2, J.J. North Spink 1991, page 206 No. 2729.
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