Commonwealth 1658 Sixpence, mint mark anchor, D over retrograde D legend
Commonwealth (1649-60), silver Sixpence, 1658, 8 struck over 7, with D over retrograde D at end of obverse legend, English shield within laurel and palm branch, legends in English language, initial mark anchor, .THE. COMMONWEALTH. OF. ENGLAND., rev. English and Irish shields, value .VI. above, beaded circle and legend surrounding, date at top, legend surrounding, .GOD. WITH. VS., weight 3.01g (Bull 211 R3; ESC 1495A R4; N.2727; S.3220). Toned, fields lightly tooled, very fine, a pleasing example, better than usually seen for the anchor mint marks with the bonus of the extremely rare D over retrograde D variety as well as the overdate, the first we have seen of this variety, the plate coin in Bull's English Silver Coinage, extremely rare.
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Commonwealth (1649-60), silver Sixpence, 1658, 8 struck over 7, with D over retrograde D at end of obverse legend, English shield within laurel and palm branch, legends in English language, initial mark anchor, .THE. COMMONWEALTH. OF. ENGLAND., rev. English and Irish shields, value .VI. above, beaded circle and legend surrounding, date at top, legend surrounding, .GOD. WITH. VS., weight 3.01g (Bull 211 R3; ESC 1495A R4; N.2727; S.3220). Toned, fields lightly tooled, very fine, a pleasing example, better than usually seen for the anchor mint marks with the bonus of the extremely rare D over retrograde D variety as well as the overdate, the first we have seen of this variety, the plate coin in Bull's English Silver Coinage, extremely rare.
