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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 35

James I, second coinage, Shilling, 6.06g., m.m. tun, fifth bust, crowned bust of king right, with hair longer and brushed back, XII behind, rev. square-topped shield, qvae devs conivnxit nemo separet (N.2101; S.2656), a piece of 'Fine Work', struck on a perfectly round flan, deeply toned, in mint state, very rare thus Estimate £2,500-3,000 provenance: J D Cuff, Sotheby, 8 June 1854, lot 1098 Rev. T F Dymock, Sotheby, 1 June 1858, lot 285 S Rostron, Sotheby, 16 May 1892, lot 204 J G Murdoch, Sotheby, 31 March 1903, lot 761 Dr E C Carter, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1950

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