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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 126

William IV, Proof Half-Sovereign, 3.93g., 1831, by William Wyon after Chantrey, bare head facing right, 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, six strings to Irish harp, anno to left, date to right, edge, plain (WR 267 R3; S.3830), light surface hairlines and scratches, friction to raised rim, extremely fine, rare Estimate £800-1,000 provenance Purchased Baldwin 1944 for £3.10/-

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