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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 376

The L'Abbaye Collection: Part Two | George I (1714-1727), 'Roses and Plumes' Shilling, 1727, GEORGIVS D G M BR FR ET HIB REX F D (no stops on obverse), second laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. 26 • BRVN ET • L • DVX S • R • I • A : TH • ET • EL • 17, crowned shields cruciform, seven strings to harp, six hearts to semée, roses and plumes in angles, edge obliquely milled, 5h (Woodhouse [1968], 381; Lord Hamilton [1979], 409 same dies; Pegg 521 = Pywell-Phillips 279 same dies; Samuel 417 = Kaufman 1910 this coin; EMC 735; ESC 1188A [R5]; Bull 1607 [R5]; S.3649), struck on a slightly short flan, otherwise prettily cabinet toned, a pleasing very fine, and OF EXCESSIVE RARITY

Provenance

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

M Kaufman, Spink 124, 19 November 1997, lot 1910

H Samuel, Spink 109, 4 July 1995, lot 417

Glendining, 5 June 1985, lot 85 - "about very fine and the rarest date of this denomination for the reign" - £250

Baldwin-Glendining, 30 October 1974, lot 347* - "very fine, extremely rare" - £170

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Sold for
£2,300

Starting price
£900