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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 367

The L'Abbaye Collection: Part Two | George I (1714-1727), 'Roses and Plumes' Shilling, 1723, GEORGIVS • D ' G • M • BR • FR • ET • HIB • REX • F • D • first laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. 23 • BRVN ET • L • DVX S • R • I • A : TH • ET • EL • 17, crowned shields cruciform, six strings to harp, six hearts to semée, roses and plumes in angles, edge obliquely milled, 6h (Pywell-Phillips -; ESC 1175; Bull 1583; S.3645), broadly struck with richer cabinet tone overlying lustrous original surfaces, a pleasing and wholesome very fine, an overlooked scarcity on account of the ubiquity of surviving South Sea Coinage specie of this year, very rare thus

Provenance

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

R Ingram, by private treaty, 24 July 2002 - £155

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£400

Starting price
£200