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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cherd, post: 24851947, member: 24754&quot;]Here is the description that was provided by the auction house:</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<i>&quot;Oliver Cromwell silver Specimen &quot;Battle of Dunbar&quot; Medal 1650-Dated SP58 PCGS, Eimer-181a.3. 28 x 35mm. By Thomas Simon. WORD AT DUNBAR THE LORD OF HOSTS SEPTEM Y 3 1650 Draped and cuirassed bust of Oliver Cromwell left, before a battle scene // Scene of Parliament with speaker facing. A most popular and coveted silver military award medal, clearly the product of a later striking with evidence of reworked dies that so many of these display, yet distinguished by a clearly advanced eye appeal.&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m kind of embarrassed to admit it, but I went into this one as a bit of a blind, ignorant buyer. I did enough pre-auction research to know that there had been an original minting of the medals (during Cromwell), and a later re-striking (not sure about the dates). According to the description (Later striking, reworked dies) and the price that I paid (way less than the top tier examples), I assume that this is the non-contemporary version. Honestly, I knew that I wanted it, put in a healthy bid, and hoped that the knowledge of other bidders would end it at a reasonable price. Not an approach that I would ever recommend to anybody with half a brain! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I still don&#039;t know if the price was reasonable, and I&#039;ve intentionally avoided finding out haha.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you decide to get into British coinage then hit me up. I put a lot of time into researching the subject to create comprehensive lists/categories/etc. I could at least provide some foundational information and resources.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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