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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 652

(x) NGC XF45 | Edward VI (1547-1553), Third Period, Sovereign, struck from 5 October 1551, Tower (London), (m.m.) : EDWARD '. VI : D ': G '. AGL ': FRA '. Z : hIBER ' : REX : half-length figure of King right, holding orb and sceptre, rev. (m.m.) • IhS .' AVTEM . TRANSIE '. PERMEDI '. ILLORV .' IBAT •, crowned square topped shield with Priapic Royal Supporters, ER in cartouche below, 11.127g [171.71grns], 8h, m.m. tun (Schneider I, 692; North 1927; S.2450), subtle crimping and ghosting in fields, otherwise on a broader, rounder and more uniformly struck flan, with sporadic hints of cabinet tone in residually lustrous fields, strictly very fine, but a resurgent type in the present market place, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded XF45 (Cert. #8536700-004)

Provenance

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


Seaby, by private treaty, February 1979 - £2,500


SCMB, December 1978, no. A1213* - "large flan, VF/good VF" - £2,500



https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8536700-004/45/

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Sold for
£13,000

Starting price
£5000