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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 648

(x) NGC XF45 | Edward VI (1547-1553), Second Period, Second Issue, Gold Crown, or 'Quarter-Sovereign', 12 April 1549 - April 1550, Tower (London), (m.m) · EDWARD : VI · D : G : AGL : FRA · Z : HIB : REX, lozenge stops, crowned and cuirassed bust right, rev. (m.m) SCVTVM : FIDEI : PROTEG : EVM :, lozenge stops, crowned and garnished oval shield dividing E-R, 2.610g [43.55grns], 2h, m.m. Y (Schneider I, -; North 1914; S.2442), overtly creased through crown and with ghosting in fields, otherwise a natural and honest example with hints of golden-orange tone in peripheries, almost very fine, and equally rare, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded XF45 (Cert. #8536700-003)

Provenance

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


Richard Duncan Beresford-Jones, Spink 29, June 1983, lot 49 - £1,300



https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8536700-003/45/

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Sold for
£5,000

Starting price
£3000