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Auction: 17007 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 246

Charles II (1660-85), Halfcrown, 1668 over 4 vicesimo, v over misplaced s in carolvs, draped and laureate bust right, rev. crowned shields cruciform, cypher in angles (ESC 449 {464}; S.3365), peripheral weakness on obverse, central weakness to reverse otherwise nearing fine, rare

The cataloguer attributes the broader spacing between the car of carolvs as the cause for the subsequent die sinker's mistake with the final s of the King's name.

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