strike 5/5
GVILIELMVS REX ANGL SCOT FRANC ET HYBERN PATRIÆ DECVS ANGLIÆ PRÆSIDIVM
1h (BCD Thessaly II 306 (these dies)
One Verdigris spot each side
otherwise attractively toned and extremely fine
Commonwealth 1653 gold Unite strike 5/5Commonwealth (1649 60), gold Unite of Twenty Shillings, 1653, English shield within laurel and palm branch, legends in English language, initial mark sun, . THE. COMMONWEALTH. OF. ENGLAND., rev. English and Irish shields, value . XX. above, beaded circle and legend surrounding, date at top, legend surrounding, . GOD. WITH. VS., weight 9. 14g (Schneider 341; N. 2715; S. 3208). Once cleaned with a light overtone, broadly struck, a bold very fine.