Protectorate — Oliver Cromwell. (1653 to 1658.)
Denominations.—Silver. Crown, Half-crown, Shilling, Nine-pence, and Sixpence. Gold. Fifty-shilling-piece, Broad or Twenty-shilling-piece, Half-broad or Ten-shilling-piece. Copper. Farthings.
Obverse. Type. Sinister bust profile of the Protector, draped, loose drapery, head laureated, hair long.
Legend. OLIVAR. D.G. RP. ANG. SCO. ET HIB. and PRO. or otherwise abbreviated.
Reverse.—Type. Shield surmounted by an open arched crown, bearing quarterly, 1 and 4, cross of St. George; 2, cross of St. Andrew; 3, Irish harp, upon an escutcheon of pretence, the arms of Cromwell, a lion rampant.
Legend. PAX QVÆRITVR BELLO. and date.
Edge. HAS NISI PERITVRVS MIHI ADIMAT NEMO.
Gold. Same type and legend as silver. On the edge of the fifty-shilling-piece, PROTECTOR LITERIS LITERÆ NVMMIS CORONA ET SALVS.
Copper. Farthing. Obverse, head as before, OLIVAR PRO ENG SC IRL. Reverse, shield as before, and legend CHARITIE AND CHANGE; another, three columns tied together, having on top of the first a cross, the second a harp, and the third a thistle, and the legend THVS VNITED INVINCIBLE; another, a ship under sail, and legend, AND GOD DIRECT OVR COVRS; another, CONVENIENT CHANGE.