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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 646

(x) NGC XF40 | Edward VI (1547-1553), Second Period, Second Issue, Half-Sovereign, 12 April 1549 - April 1550, Tower (London), (m.m.) . EDWARD.' VI : D.'G.' AGL.' FRA.' Z: HIB.' REX ., small square stops, crowned and cuirassed bust right, rev. (m.m.) SCVTVM* FIDEI* PROTEGET* EVM, rosette stops, crowned oval shield dividing E-R, 5.316g [82.03grns], 12h, m.m. arrow (Schneider I, 672; North 1911; S.2438), deft traces of crimping and tiny scuffs above crown, otherwise on a handsomely full flan and largely uniform for strike, with playful hues of honey-orange tone, an attractive very fine, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded XF40 (Cert. #8536700-001)

Provenance

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


Richard Duncan Beresford-Jones, Spink 29, June 1983, lot 44 - £1,700



https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8536700-001/40/

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Sold for
£5,800

Starting price
£2500