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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 554

NGC AU | Edward VI (1547-1553), Second Coinage, First Issue, Half-Sovereign, 24 January 1549 - 12 April 1549, Tower, (m.m.) EDWARD .' VI : D .' G .' AGL .' FRA .' Z : HIB ' : REX :, crowned and garnished shield, dividing E-R, rev. (m.m.) SCVTVM • FIDEI • PROTEGET • EVM • :, youthful bare head and cuirassed bust right, rosette stops, 5.43g, 5h, i.m. arrow [on obverse only] (Schneider I, 670; North 1908; S.2435), previously cleaned and some small dents to the obverse field, nonetheless now with a rich golden-red tone, a pleasing portrait, very fine, in NGC holder, erroneously graded AU Details ~ Cleaned (Cert. #8220521-007)

Provenance

The "Estafefette No. 21" Collection of Ancient, English and World Coins

Margaret Amstell, by private treaty, 21 May 1982 [with her ticket]

Glendining, 12 May 1982, lot 22* - (wt. 5.414 gm.) (N.1908; S.2435), "a few marks to obverse field, almost very fine"



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