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Reference	Year	Description / Photograph Links	Mintmark

SX-5	1649	Standard	sun
SX-10		Coarse beading on reverse, 7 strings to harp
SX-15		Obverse with small letters ( 1.8mm )
SX-17		Inverted N in COMMONWEALTH
SX-20		Fine beading, 6 strings to harp, L over T in COMMONWEALTH

SX-25	1651	Standard	sun
SX-30		No stops either side of date
SX-35		No stop after COMMONWEALTH
SX-40		no stops at the mm
SX-45		51 in date over 49
SX-50		No stop after GOD, N over M in COMMONWEALTH

SX-55		Blondeau milled sixpence

SX-60	1652	Standard	sun
SX-65		2 over 1, over 49 in date
SX-70		2 over 1, 1651 obverse
SX-75		2 over 1, 1652 obverse
SX-80		no stops at mm

SX-85	1653	1653 narrow date, no stop after OF	sun
SX-87		1653 over 1 in date
SX-90		1653 narrow date, no stop after THE, large 6 in date
SX-93		‘49 obverse
SX-95		Small 3 in date

SX-100	1654	1654 with large 4, small W on reverse, large W on obverse	sun
SX-105		4 of date over 3, 4 is short and chubby, large W's
SX-110		Smaller 4 over small 3, small W on obverse
SX-115		Large vi in value, modified obverse, long leaves, small W

SX-120	1655	Standard	sun

SX-125	1656	6 over 4 in date, large vi in value	sun
SX-130		Wide date
SX-132		A over N in England
SX-133		Only stops at mm on obv.
SX-135		5 over 6 and 6 over 4 in date
SX-140		6 over 5 and 8 string harp
SX-145		6 over 5 and 7 string harp

SX-150	1657	7 over 6 in date, 6 strings to harp, very small E's, A over N in ENGLAND	sun
SX-152		7 in date, 7 strings to harp

SX-155	1658	8 of date over 7	anchor
SX-160		Standard 1658
SX-162		1658, Large anchor on obv.
SX-165		1658, D over O in ENGLAND

SX-170	1659	Standard, E over I in COMMONWEALTH	anchor

SX-175	1660	Small W in WITH	anchor
SX-180		Large W in WITH


Feature Dimensions


		Six strings to harp

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		L over T in Commonwealth

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.