Commonwealth (1649-60). Gold Half-Unite or Double Crown of ten shillings, 1651, the 1 of date struck over 0, variety without stops by mint mark, English shield within laurel and palm branch, legends in English language, initial mark sun, THE. COMMONWEALTH. OF. ENGLAND, Rev. English and Irish shields, value .X. above, beaded circle and legend surrounding, date at top, legend surrounding.GOD. WITH. VS., weight 4.53g (Schneider 350; N.2717; S.3210; Fr.270; KM.394.1). Attractively toned, has been graded and slabbed by NGC as MS63 and tying for the finest grade with one other example of a total of six pieces graded; for comparison only two pieces have been graded by PCGS both of lesser grade. Estimate Value $15,500 - UP
Ex Herman Selig Collection, part I, Spink Coin Auction 70, 31st May 1989, lot 227. Ex Spink Coin Auction, 26th June 2013, lot 665. Ex A H Baldwin, Fixed Price List, Winter 2013, item BH060.
NGC certification 4862401-007. All gold coins of this period are struck in 22 carat gold and are the first British coins to have legends in plain English.