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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 69

Charles II, Half-Guinea, 4.06g., 1684, second laureate bust facing right, carolvs.ii. dei.gratia, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, two pairs of cruciform interlinked C's at centre, sceptres in angles, three strings to Irish harp, date either side of crown above English shield, .mag. br.fra. et.hib rex., edge, diagonally milled (MCE 114; S.3348), weakly struck at French arms and at corresponding part of obverse towards centre, light red tone, good very fine Estimate £800-1,000 provenance Purchased Baldwin 1944 for £10

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