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Auction: 22105 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 20 - The Wootton Collection of English Silver Coins - e-Auction
Lot: 2396

William III (1694-1702), Great Recoinage, London, Crown, 1697 NONO, third laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. no stops after FRA or HIB, crowned shields cruciform, eight strings to harp, seven billets, lettered edge downwards, 29.21g, 6h (Pywell-Phillips 170; Francis 179; Bull 1009 [R3]; ESC 96; Spink 3473), a flaw in Lion of Nassau, with superficial graffiti behind bust, the fields once cleaned and smoothed and retoned, otherwise good / fine, nevertheless balanced, the key date of series very rare thus

Provenance
Format, Birmingham, 12 September 1995 - £545



Spink has had a remarkable run of this key date in the Crown series, successfuly handling two examples already at auction in 2022, and a further coin sold by private treaty. This offering, again entirely fresh to market as the others offered in our salerooms this year have been, has rendered collectors unprecedented opportunities in quick succession to acquire this typically highly elusive date. In other words, Spink is privileged to have offered in 2022 over three months, a feat that previously took it three years to achieve between 2018 and 2021.

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Sold for
£850

Starting price
£700