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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 82

William III, Half-Guinea, 4.18g., 1700, laureate bust facing right, gvlielmvs. iii.dei.gra., toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, Lion of Nassau at centre, ornamental sceptres in angles, four strings to later Irish harp, date either side of crown above English shield, .mag. br.fra. et.hib. rex., edge, diagonally milled (MCE 195; S.3468), a little weak of strike at centre of reverse, a pleasing coin, extremely fine Estimate £1,000-1,500 provenance Purchased Baldwin 1948 for £15

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