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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 356

The L'Abbaye Collection: Part Two | William III, Solus (1694-1702), 'Plume' Shilling, 1700, fifth laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, plume below truncation, rev. crowned shield cruciform, six strings to harp, edge obliquely milled, 4h (Lockett [1927], 119 ~ "one of the rarest coins of the milled series"; Clarke-Thornhill [1937], 643 ~ "of great rarity"; Raynes [1950] 586 - "only 3 or 4 known"; Jackson-Kent, [Numismatic Circular, 1961] K-55, and Sale 168 same dies]; ESC 1123 [R5]; Bull 1154 [R5]; S.3519), an expansive die flaw through centre of reverse and heavily circulated, scarcely good, the plumes good fine, OF THE HIGHEST RARITY, an icon of the Williamite Shilling series

Provenance

The L'Abbaye Collection of Early Milled Shillings: Part Two

A H Baldwin, by private treaty, 18 June 1993 - £250

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Starting price
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