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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 123

George IV, Proof Half-Sovereign, 4.01g., 1826, by William Wyon, bare head facing left, no extra tuft of hair by ear, date below, rosette either side, georgius iv dei gratia, toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned escutcheon of Hanover within crowned quartered ornamental shield, nine strings to Irish harp, britanniarum rex fid: def:, edge, milled (WR 249 R2; S.3804), lightly toned, with considerable mint brilliance, as struck, rare Estimate £800-1,000 provenance Purchased Baldwin 1943 for £3.10/-

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