The obverse of the coin depicts the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell as a laureated Roman emperor, with the Latin inscription OLIVAR D G R P ANG SCO HIB &c PRO [Olivarius Dei Gratia Res Publicae Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae etc. Protector] — Oliver, by the Grace of God, of the Republic of England, Scotland, Ireland etc., Protector, while the reverse shows a crowned shield depicting the arms of the Commonwealth with the inscription PAX QVAERITVR BELLO 1656 -- Peace is sought through war.
The current value of the coin in "very fine" to "extremely fine" condition is £27,000 to £54,000[2] as the pieces are very rare, but normally fairly unworn, although a Mr Pinkerton, writing at the time that the coins circulated, noted that many of the coins in circulation were so worn as to be almost flat.
A piedfort version of the coin with an edge inscription is known as a Fifty shilling piece. This is extremely rare, and there are very few examples as it is probably a pattern.
broad, english, gold, coin, broad, english, coin, worth, shillings, issued, commonwealth, england, 1656, milled, gold, coin, weighing, grams, with, diameter, millimetres, designed, thomas, simon, also, called, symonds, broad, 1656, obverse, coin, depicts, lord. The Broad was an English coin worth 20 shillings 20 issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656 It was a milled gold coin weighing 9 0 9 1 grams with a diameter of 29 or 30 millimetres designed by Thomas Simon also called Symonds 1 Broad of 1656 The obverse of the coin depicts the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell as a laureated Roman emperor with the Latin inscription OLIVAR D G R P ANG SCO HIB amp c PRO Olivarius Dei Gratia Res Publicae Angliae Scotiae et Hiberniae etc Protector Oliver by the Grace of God of the Republic of England Scotland Ireland etc Protector while the reverse shows a crowned shield depicting the arms of the Commonwealth with the inscription PAX QVAERITVR BELLO 1656 Peace is sought through war The current value of the coin in very fine to extremely fine condition is 27 000 to 54 000 2 as the pieces are very rare but normally fairly unworn although a Mr Pinkerton writing at the time that the coins circulated noted that many of the coins in circulation were so worn as to be almost flat A piedfort version of the coin with an edge inscription is known as a Fifty shilling piece This is extremely rare and there are very few examples as it is probably a pattern References edit M Lessen A summary of the Cromwell coinage BNJ vol 35 1966 163 72 2 pls https www britnumsoc org publications Digital 20BNJ pdfs 1966 BNJ 35 17 pdf 1656 Cromwell Broad External links edit nbsp Money portal nbsp Numismatics portalOliver Cromwell broad nbsp This coin related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Broad English gold coin amp oldid 1190720533, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
