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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 7539802, member: 101855&quot;]Here are a couple more. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a 1658 Cromwell shilling. By this time Cromwell was starting to think of himself as a sort of king who might pass his office on to his son. After issuing the Commonwealth coins, which has no portrait on them, Cromwell issued this series of coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>I almost traded this coin away at one point for a crown, but I could not close the deal with a dealer who probably had too much into his coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301507[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And I know that you were thinking British when you started this string, but there were &quot;shillings across the pond&quot; in America. Here are examples of the Oak Tree, Large Pine Tree and Small Pine Tree shillings. </p><p><br /></p><p>Oak Tree Shilling 1660 to 1667</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301509[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Large Pine Tree Shilling 1667 to 1674</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301511[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Small Pine Tree Shilling 1674 to 1682</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301513[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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