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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 109

George III, Half-Guinea, 4.19g., 1778, by Thomas Pingo, fourth laureate bust facing right, georgivs.iii.dei.gratia., legend continuous over bust, rev. inverted die axis, crowned quartered shield of arms, seven strings to Irish harp, date either side of crown, .m.b.f.et.h.rex.f.d.b.et.l.d.s.r.i.a.t.et.e., edge, diagonally milled (MCE 421; S.3734), the top of the 8 in date filled, lightly toned, extremely fine, a rare date Estimate £300-400 provenance Purchased Baldwin 1943 for £2.15/-

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