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1/2 Penny - Commonwealth
| Issuer | Commonwealth of England |
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| Year | 1649-1660 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (1158-1970) |
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| Obverse description | Central device comprising a shield bearing the cross of St George — a plain cross dividing the field into four quarters — rendered with crosshatched shading on the cross arms, enclosed within a pointed heraldic shield of simple outline. The shield occupies the majority of the flan, with no surrounding legend, the design being confined within a border of raised pellets encircling the entire periphery. The flan is irregular in shape, consistent with hand-hammered production, and the field shows characteristic flatness and flow lines typical of mid-seventeenth-century Commonwealth coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Central device comprising a heraldic shield bearing the Irish harp, depicted with a winged female figure as the neck of the instrument, the strings rendered in fine parallel lines. The shield is of a pointed form and occupies the greater part of the flan. No surrounding legend is present; the design is enclosed within a continuous border of raised pellets following the irregular periphery of the flan. The overall execution is typical of the aniconic, emblem-based coinage produced under the Commonwealth interregnum, eschewing royal portraiture in favour of heraldic symbolism. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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