CNG 93, Lot: 1886. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COMMONWEALTH. 1649-1660. AR Crown (43mm, 30.01 g, 3h). Tower (London) mint; im: sun/-. Dated 1653. · THE · COMMONWEALTH · OF · ENGLAND ·, coat-of-arms within wreath / · GOD · WITH · VS · I653, two coats-of-arms; ·V· above. ESC 6; North 2721; SCBC 3214. EF, attractively toned. Wonderful strike, with excellent surfaces.