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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robp, post: 5669834, member: 96746&quot;]Is there any evidence to date this 1644? I&#039;m sceptical.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m querying it because the bust and crown style would be more suited to Briot&#039;s first milled Tower issues of 1631-2. In fact the bust punch could be the same as that used on the crown - see pic. The size fits because the crown is 19mm diameter. It might be slightly different to the scanned image, but I&#039;m not sure if they used a single punch for shoulders, face &amp; crown at this point in time. For shillings, the first time a single bust punch in place of three punches was used was Sharp E3 which was 5 or 6 years later. I don&#039;t know about other denominations though.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1242557[/ATTACH]</p><p>Another consideration is that there was only one Oxford double crown struck in 1644 and the style was completely different. Plus, were the provincial gold coins struck for circulation, or presentation pieces?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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