CROMWELL FIFTY SHILLINGS
1656
1656 Gold, 22.7 grams, 30mm Diameter.
Designed by Thomas Simon.

Obverse portrait of Cromwell as an Emperor with wreath.
Reverse shield of the protectorate.

The Cromwell fifty shillings is the same size as the broad but
more than twice as thick and more then twice the weight.

It is struck as a proof and on the edge it reads + PROTECTOR .
LITERIS . LITEREA . NVMMIS . CORONA . ET. SALVS

There are less then a dozen known.
Cromwell Fifty Shillings 1656
GEORGE IV
GEORGE III
GEORGE II
GEORGE I
ANNE
WILLIAM III
WILLIAM & MARY
VICTORIA
EDWARD VII
ERROR COINS
GEORGE V
GEORGE VI
WILLIAM IV
EDWARD VIII
GRADING COINS
PRICE GUIDE
CROMWELL
JAMES II
CHARLES II
HOME PAGE