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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 36

James I, second coinage, Sixpence, 2.98g., 1604, m.m. lis, third bust, crowned bust of king right, with square cut projecting beard, vi behind, rev. square-topped shield, date above, reads qvae devs (N.2102; S.2657), undoubtedly a piece of 'Fine Work', struck on a perfect full round flan, deeply toned, in mint state, exceptionally rare as a James I Sixpence in this condition Estimate £1,500-2,000 provenance: Dr E C Carter, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1950

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