Oliver Cromwell 1656 silver pattern Half-Broad MS62, only example available
Oliver Cromwell (d.1658), Pattern silver Half-Broad, dated 1656, struck circa 1738 using a Dutch derived obverse die by J S Tanner at the Royal Mint, laureate head left, legend surrounding, .OLIVAR. D. GR. P. ANG. SCO. HIB. PRO., toothed border around rim both sides, rev. inverted die axis slightly off-centre, engraved by Tanner, crowned quartered shield of arms of the Protectorate, date above, .PAX. QVÆRITVR. BELLO., edge plain (cf.WR 42 R5; Henfrey - Tanner 1; Lessen D.10 - 3rd series; KM. PnA26; S.-). Toned, with raised flaws both sides as dies clearly started to break up upon striking, has been graded and slabbed by NGC as MS62, the only piece of this variety ever graded, Lessen speculated that likely two exist, seemingly unique in private hands and of the highest rarity thus.
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Oliver Cromwell (d.1658), Pattern silver Half-Broad, dated 1656, struck circa 1738 using a Dutch derived obverse die by J S Tanner at the Royal Mint, laureate head left, legend surrounding, .OLIVAR. D. GR. P. ANG. SCO. HIB. PRO., toothed border around rim both sides, rev. inverted die axis slightly off-centre, engraved by Tanner, crowned quartered shield of arms of the Protectorate, date above, .PAX. QVÆRITVR. BELLO., edge plain (cf.WR 42 R5; Henfrey - Tanner 1; Lessen D.10 - 3rd series; KM. PnA26; S.-). Toned, with raised flaws both sides as dies clearly started to break up upon striking, has been graded and slabbed by NGC as MS62, the only piece of this variety ever graded, Lessen speculated that likely two exist, seemingly unique in private hands and of the highest rarity thus.
