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Auction: 20004 - British Coins and Commemorative Medals: Spring Auction - conducted behind CLOSED DOORS
Lot: 304

Commonwealth (1649-60), Halfcrowns, contemporary forgeries in base alloys (3), including, 1651, 12.89g, 12h (cf. ESC 17 [426]); another, 1653, a copper core, struck with false dies, 11.66g, 9h (cf. ESC 28 [431]); lastly, 1656, 12.44g, 2h, m.m. sun (on obv. only) (cf. ESC 49 [437]; cf. N.2722; cf. S.3215), all worn, good to fair, an interesting and curious group (3)

provenance
i) Lockdale's 93, 19-21 May 2012, lot 3107

With ticket stating: 'good style, bought Seaby, late 1940's'
ii) Purchased Little Downham, Cambridgeshire, 22 April 2012

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Sold for
£100

Starting price
£70