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Description
1651 Commonwealth Pattern Sixpence
Among the Finer Examples of this Type
Commonwealth pattern Sixpence 1651, ESC-1498, AU55 NGC.
Engraved and struck by Blondeau, with Sun mm. This coin has
exceptional eye-appeal, especially on the obverse, as it was minted
from a press rather than by hand, as was the tradition in 1651. The
obverse shows a small spot of alloy flaw, or possibly an ancient
mark, at about 4 o'clock near the rim; the surfaces are otherwise
very choice and toned a lovely ancient silvery gray with
greenish-gold iridescent hues. Broad, deep rims are a particular
feature of this pattern issue and here they offset the design
splendidly. Very scarce and certainly among the finer examples to
appear on the market recently. Peter Blondeau of Paris was sent for
by the Puritanical authorities who held sway during the early
Commonwealth days: sober men who sought to provide a finer looking
and more evenly struck coinage than had been produced for centuries
in England. Blondeau's newly invented machine, using the mill and
screw technique, indeed created a wonderful coinage -- but it was
very short lived due to resistance from the workers who had been
trained in the ancient hammer style. These gentlemen also evinced,
by their actions, the long antipathy held by many against the
French, and argued for the use of an English machine-made coinage.
In due course this was produced only in a spare number of patterns
by David Ramage. Blondeau was slowly but surely edged out of the
Royal Mint; in 1658 he abandoned his workhouse on the Strand, left
his equipment behind, and returned to Paris. His beautiful, boldly
made patterns are all that remain of this early move towards the
milled coinage.Metal: Silver
More information about Great Britain Coins. See also: Great Britain World Coin Nationality.
Auction Info
2014 January 14 - 16 Selections From the Eric P. Newman Collection Part III Signature Auction - New York #3029 (go to Auction Home page)
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January, 2014
14th-16th
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A powerful and intimidating dealer of the 1960s, backed by important colleagues, was accused of selling fraudulent gold coins and ingots to unsuspecting numismatists. Who would go up against a man like that and, over the course of decades, prove the fraud? Who would expose a widely respected scholar as a thief, then doggedly pursue recovery of coins that the scholar had stolen from an embarrassed numismatic organization, all over the objections of influential collectors who had bought coins with clouded titles? Eric P. Newman would - and did. Reserve your copy today.
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