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Auction: 17007 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 279

James II (1685-88), Shilling, 1686, laureate and draped bust left, rev. e over t in et, crowned shields cruciform (ESC 764 {-} [R2]; S.3410), some weakness to reverse, good very fine, extremely rare

provenance:
Spink 215, 4 December 2012, lot 293

One is inclined to believe the rarity is greater that R2, for this error had not been documented prior to auction in 2012, and no further examples have become known to the cataloguer since.

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Estimate
£2,500 to £3,000