"coin & 1653 & Commonwealth [silver]" [NMLH.1995.91.24.5]

Catalogue Number
NMLH.1995.91.24.5

Object Name
Coin

Title
THE COMMONWEALTH OF ENGLAND / 1653 GOD WITH ... ...

Place
Scotland & Ireland & UK

People
Cromwell, Oliver; King Charles I

Events
War & English Civil War

Date
1653

Description
Features: shield, England, Ireland, harp. Coin illustrates the time when Britainb was a Republic.

Commonwealth token, 1653
These tokens were produced during the period when Oliver Cromwell was ruling the country and Britain was a republic.

(OSP script)

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