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Auction: 23004 - Ancient and British Coins - Featuring the 'White Rose' Collection
Lot: 524

NGC AU58 | Commonwealth (1649-1660), Halfcrown, 1654, 'O over M' in COMMONWEALTH Error, Tower, (m.m.) • THE • COMMONWEALTH • OF • ENGLAND, English shield within palm and laurel wreath, rev. • 1654 • GOD • WITH • VS, conjoined shields of England and Ireland, • II • vi • above, 14.83g [228.9grns], 12h, m.m. sun [on obv. only] (Adams 263 this coin; Tisbury III, 393 same obverse die; ESC 435A; Bull 45; North 2722; Spink 3215), struck on an oval flan with historic scuffs by D of GOD, otherwise richly cabinet toned, bordering on extremely fine for issue, the die-sinker's error beautifully clear and very rare, in NGC holder, graded AU58

Provenance
C Adams, Spink 177, 1 December 2005, lot 263 - "...reads COMCMM..."

Glendining, 30 January 1997, lot 259

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Estimate
£3,200 to £3,800

Starting price
£3000