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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 125

William IV, Proof Sovereign, 7.88g., 1831, by William Wyon after Chantrey, second bare head facing right, nose points to second I in legend, w.w. incuse on truncation, gulielmus iiii d:g: britanniar: rex f:d:, toothed border and raised rim both sides, rev. inverted die axis, by J B Merlen, crowned escutcheon of Hanover within crowned quartered ornamental shield, eight strings to Irish harp, anno to left, date to right, edge, plain (WR 261 R3; S.3829B), light friction to high points, a few other light surface and rim marks, extremely fine, rare Estimate £1,500-2,000 provenance Purchased Baldwin 1944 for £6

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