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Auction: 21007 - British and World Coins Autumn Auction
Lot: 144

Edward VI (1547-1553), Second Coinage, Second Issue, Half-Sovereign, 12 April 1549 - April 1550, Tower, (m.m.) EDWARD '. VI .' D '. G '. AGL '[.] FRA '. Z : HIB .' REX ·, crowned and cuirassed bust right, rev. (m.m.) * SCVTVM * FIDEI * PROTEGET * EVM *: crowned and garnished shield dividing E-R, rosette stops, 5.38g, 4h, m.m. arrow (Schneider I, 672; North 1911; Spink 2438), light crinkling to flan, otherwise a stupendously bold and uniform strike, a truly outstanding portrait of the 'Boy King', extremely fine for issue, very rare thus

provenance
Glendining, 26-27 June 1963, lot 204 - 'edge uneven, otherwise almost very fine, rare' [to which the following Liddell note is appended: 'EF, very nice coin, toned'] - £46.0.0 [Spink]

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Sold for
£24,000

Starting price
£4000