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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 48

xElizabeth I, fourth issue, Half-angel, 2.51g., St. Michael standing slaying the dragon, reads FR ET HI, rev. ship to right bearing shield and cross, E and rose at sides, colon stops, m.m. Greek cross (Schneider 772 (same dies); N.1992/1; S.2526), a tiny striking crack at 6 o´clock, otherwise an exceptional full round coin, with a pleasing even tone, almost extremely fine, very rare thus Estimate £ 1,800-2,000 PROVENANCE:T B Clarke Thornhill, Glendining, 24 May 1937, lot 113R C Lockett, Glendining, 11 October 1956, lot 1972Spink Auction 67, 16 November 1988, lot 47

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