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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 5390043, member: 14873&quot;]</p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">Like this very large Charles II (1660-1685) First year (1662) milled silver crown:</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/000chIIroseo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/000chIIroser.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><i><font face="Times New Roman">Diameter: 40mm (initial issue large flan) Weight: 29.57gm</font></i></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Obverse depiction: Draped laureate bust with Rose below (minted using native silver from western Britain).</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription: <b>CAROLVS II DEI GRA</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">(Charles the second by the Grace of God)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Reverse depiction: Four crowned shields, cruciform, the top bearing the arms of England and France quartered, the right bearing the arms of Scotland, the bottom bearing the arms of England and France quartered and the left bearing the arms of Ireland. In the angles formed by adjoining shields are two intertwined C&#039;s. At the center is the Star of the Garter.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription: <b>MAG BR FRA ET HIB REX 1662</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">(King of Great Britain, France and Ireland)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Edge Inscription: <b>* + * DECVS ET TVTAMEN</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">(An Ornament and a Safeguard).</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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