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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 643

(x) NGC AU | Edward VI (1547-1553), First Period, Gold Crown, 1547-1549, Southwark (London), (m.m.) EDWARD .' 6 : D .' G .' AG .' FR .' Z : HI .' REX :• crowned Royal Shield of Arms, dividing crowned E-R, rev. (m.m.) : RVTILANS : ROSA : SINE : SPINE :, voided lozenge colon stops, crowned Tudor rose, dividing crowned E-R, 2.806g [43.20grns], 8h, m.m. -/E over arrow (Norweb 910 this coin; North 1894 [ER]; S.2431), slightly crimped and edges ragged as usual for series, with striking splits to legends, otherwise a most pleasing bold and uniform striking, very fine or bolder in parts, but OF THE HIGHEST RARITY, with only two specimens believed known, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded Almost Uncirculated (Cert. #8534369-011)

Provenance

The "Carrington" Collection of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins


M Amstell, by private treaty with "Carrington", November 1986


Mrs Emery May Norweb, Part 3, Spink 56, 19 November 1986, lot 910* - "irregular flan and cracked in striking, otherwise fine and of the highest rarity, believed to be two specimens known" - £5,000 [Amstell]


https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/8534369-011/NGCDetails/

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Sold for
£6,000

Starting price
£2500