XVI: Later Cromwell Medals, Cromwell Gardens, lead Sixpence, c. 1765, crude bust of Oliver Cromwell left, olivar d g r p ang sco hib & pro, rev. pax qværitvr bello, crowned arms in imitation of the Cromwell coinage flanking crom garden, value below, 30mm, 10.76g (W 1310; D & W 67/170; Young p.86; Henfrey p.178; cf. Baldwin FPL 1998, 99); together with a copper evasion Halfpenny, bust of Cromwell right, rev. crowned harp, 27mm, 6.52g (Atkins 414; Henfrey p.177) [2]. Fair £50-£70

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins.

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Provenance: First Glendining Auction, 17 November 1988, lot 220; second R.E. Ockendon Collection [from Baldwin 1949], bt R.E.O.

Cromwell Gardens, opened in the early 1760s, was named after a tradition that Oliver Cromwell once lived in the neighbourhood, though this is unproven. The early lessee was John Clarke and this admission ticket was exchangeable for refreshments