Petition Crown

For unclear reasons, Simon did not submit his trial design in time, resulting in the Flemish engravers winning by default and their coinage being issued for circulation in 1662.

[sic]The adoption of edge lettering on British coinage began under Oliver Cromwell, when Thomas Simon was engraver of dies at the Royal Mint and where he also produced the State Seal of the Commonwealth.

At the time of production, Charles II's coinage bore the Latin phrase DECVS ET TVTAMEN ['An Ornament and a Safeguard'] in relation to this practice.

Simon's coin shows the bust of King Charles II draped in his flowing hair and laurel leaves, with his celebrated lovelock over his right shoulder.

Ultimately however the Roettier brothers continued to produce the dies for the crowns, albeit from 1664 with subtle corrections as a result of the influence of Simon's pattern.

[3] In 2023 the UK's Royal Mint released a range of modern commemorative coinage, inspired by the 1663 'petition' crown, celebrating 360 years since the original pattern coin was struck.