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Auction: 4002 - The Marshall Collection of British & World Coins
Lot: 110

James I, first coinage, Sixpence, 2.94g., first bust, 1603, m.m. thistle, crowned bust of king right with square-cut beard, vi behind, rev., square shield, date above, exvrgat devs dissipentvr inimici (N.2074; S2647), the flan not quite circular, a small dark stain on reverse, otherwise evenly toned, almost extremely fine, with an excellent portrait, rare thus Estimate £ 500-600 provenance: Spink Numismatic Circular, November 1942, no.16942 £8-0-0 ('FDC')

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