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Auction: 25004 - British and World Coins and Medals
Lot: 171

George I (1714-1727), 'Roses and Plumes ERROR' Shilling, 1721 over 18 [or 19 ?], GEORGIVS • D ' G • M • BR • FR • ET • HIB • REX • F • D • first laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. 21 • 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 wrong order in angles (P-R-P-R, from 2nd quarter clockwise), edge obliquely milled, 5.62G, 6h (Bateman 527 = Hughes 337; Pywell-Phillips -; ESC 1171A [R4]; Bull 1580 [R4]; S.3645), crimped planchet, with historic scratches and flecking in fields, otherwise legible, only mediocre to good, but the variety extremely clear, very rare thus

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Sold for
£130

Starting price
£80