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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 34

xEdward VI (1547-53), second period, Half-sovereign, 4.99g., Southwark, young uncrowned bust right, with plain breast armour, reads SCVTVM FIDEI, rev. crowned oval garnished shield with E R at sides, reads EDWARD VI, rosette/small square stops, m.m. Y (c.f. Schneider 686; N.1908; S.2435), slightly off-centre, and lightly creased, otherwise a pleasing portrait coin, almost very fine Estimate £ 1,600-1,800

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