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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 98

George II, Half-Guinea, 4.16g., 1736, young laureate bust facing left, georgivs.ii. dei.gratia, toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned quartered shield of arms, eight strings to Irish harp, date either side of crown, .m.b.f.et.h.rex.f.d.b.et.l.d.s.r.i.a.t.et.e., edge, diagonally milled (MCE 346; S.3681A), with nearly full mint brilliance, good extremely fine, rare thus Estimate £1,500-2,000 provenance Purchased Baldwin 1944 for £11.10/- and described as "superb" on ticket

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