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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 77

William and Mary, Half-Guinea, 4.19g., 1689, arabic one in date, first conjoined busts facing right, gvlielmvs.et.maria.dei.gratiacontinuous over busts, toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned and quartered shield of arms, with an escutcheon of the Lion of Nassau, four strings to Irish harp, date either side of crown, .mag.br.fr.et.hib.rex.et.regina., edge, diagonally milled (MCE 161; S.3429), retaining underlying mint brilliance, a little weak at centre, a pleasing extremely fine, rare Estimate £2,500-3,000 provenance Purchased Baldwin 1944 for £10

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