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Shillings
		Silver ( 6 gms ), approx 30 mm in diameter, value XII.
Reference	Year	Description / Photograph Links	Mintmark

SH-5	1649	Wide date	sun
SH-10		Narrow date
SH-15		No stop after ENGLAND, wide date
SH-20		No stop after ENGLAND, narrow date
SH-25		N over G in ENGLAND
SH-27		COMONWEALTH error
SH-30		No stops at value on reverse
SH-35		No stops at the mm

SH-40	1651	Standard	sun
SH-45		51 over 49 in date, only stops at the mm obverse
SH-47		M over O in COMMONWEALTH
SH-50		1651 reverse, no stops on the obverse
SH-52		1651 reverse, no stop after OF on the obverse
SH-55		1651 reverse, only stops on obverse at mm
SH-60		1651 reverse, 1649 obverse with no stop after ENGLAND
SH-65		1651 reverse, reads COMONWEALTH error
SH-70		1651 reverse, no stop after THE
SH-75		1651 fine work reverse, no stop after THE or ENGLAND
SH-80		Fine work example
SH-85		High stop after THE

SH-90		Blondeau milled shilling
SH-92		Ramage milled shilling

SH-95	1652	Standard	sun
SH-100		2 of date over 1, diamond beading, small sun, no stop after THE
SH-105		2 of date over 1, no stops on the obverse
SH-110		1652 reverse, with no stop after THE 1651 obverse
SH-115		2 of date over 2 on its side, no stop after THE
SH-120		1652 reverse, with no stop after THE 1652 obverse
SH-125		Reads COMMON.WEALTH, 2 over 1 reverse
SH-130		Reads COMMON.WEALTH, 1652 reverse
SH-135		Reads COMMON.WEALTH, 2 over 2 reverse
SH-140		Reads COMMON.WEALTH, small 2 over 1 on reverse

SH-145	1653	Early 1653 shilling	sun
SH-150		Late 1653 shilling, no stop after ENGLAND
SH-155		No stop after ENGLAND
SH-160		Reads COMMONWEATH in error
SH-165		Reads COMMONWEALH in error
SH-170		No stops at mm
SH-175		Only stops on obverse are at mm
SH-177		Wide date, peculiar N’s on the obv maybe N over inv N
SH-180		3 over 2 in date
SH-185		3 over 2 in date, no stop after ENGLAND
SH-190		Wide date with large 6, 8 strings to harp, no stop after ENGLAND
SH-192		Wide date with large 6, lge N over small N in ENGLAND
SH-193		Small N’s on the obverse
SH-195		O over M in COMMONWEALTH
SH-200		Date with small 6 and a 1649 obverse ( fine hatching )
SH-205		Stop over shield on the obverse

SH-210	1654	1654 date with new style to lettering	sun
SH-215		1654 date with old style lettering
SH-220		4 of date over 3, 1653 style, coarse beading
SH-225		Crude 4 over 3 in date, coarse beading
SH-230		Very small 4 in date, fine beading
SH-232		LND in ENGLAND
SH-235		1654 reverse with coarse hatching, no stops, with old style obv
SH-236		1654 reverse, no stop after OF
SH-237		1654 reverse , no stop after THE
SH-238		1654 reverse , reads ENGLND

SH-240	1655	1655 with new style letter W	sun
SH-242		1655 with a very wide date, ‘55 obv.
SH-243		1655 with a very wide date, ‘54 obv.
SH-245		5 of date over 4, 54 style W both sides, no stop after ENGLAND
SH-250		5 over 4 in date, with a 1654 obverse

SH-255	1656	Standard	sun
SH-260		No stop after ENGLAND
SH-265		No stops at mm
SH-267		No stops on rev.
SH-270		COMMON.WEALTH error
SH-275		No stop after COMMONWEALTH
SH-277		C over O in COMMONWEALTH
SH-280		6 over 2 in date, reads COMMONWEALTH O.F.ENGLAND
SH-282		no over date reads COMMONWEALTH O.F.ENGLAND
SH-285		6 over 4 in date
SH-286		6 over 5 in date
SH-287		A over N in ENGLAND
SH-290		High stop after THE
SH-295		Large W on obverse and reverse
SH-296		Fine work example, small sixes

SH-300	1657	No stop after OF, old style V on reverse	sun
SH-302		Standard

SH-305	1658	Cromwell milled shilling	none

SH-310		Standard	anchor
SH-315		O over M and M over O and no stop after ENGLAND
SH-316		Small anchor mintmark from a sixpence
SH-317		No stops on the obv
SH-318		E over A in COMMONWEALTH
SH-319		Large 6 in date
SH-320		8 of date over 7, O over M and M over O no stop after ENGLAND

SH-325	1659	Standard	anchor

SH-330	1660	1660, wide date	anchor
SH-332		1660, wide date, ‘59 obverse
SH-335		Narrow date, no stops at mm
SH-336		Wide date, no stops at mm
SH-340		Narrow date, large inverted N in COMMONWEALTH


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A second trial was to be made in 1656 with a totally new design featuring the bust of Oliver Cromwell himself. Three denominations were chosen for the trial - the gold fifty shilling, the gold Broad of 20 shillings and the silver halfcrown which was probably the control for comparison to previous work. All went well but it was decided that the halfcrown dies needed to be more deeply engraved. Notice again another lost opportunity to run the larger silver crown.