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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 10

Henry VIII, posthumous issue under Edward VI, Halfcrown, 1.53g., Tower, crowned rose dividing H R, RVTLANS RSA SINE SPI, rev. crowned shield dividing H R, HENRIC 8 C G AGL FR Z HIB RX, lozenge stops, Roman letters, m.m. pellet in annulet (Schneider 652/1 (same obv./rev. dies); Whitton pl.X.15 (same obv. die); N.1869; S.2399) edge slightly ragged, good fine and legible, extremely rare Estimate £ 600-800PROVENANCE: Spink Auction 161, 14 November 2002, lot 45 Whitton, p.181, only records the mintmark for this issue from a pellet in annulet/arrow mule, cf. Schneider 652. The lozenge stops confirm this coin is a pure posthumous issue.

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