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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 15

Edward VI, second period, Halfcrown, 1.32g., crowned bust right, SCVTVM FIDEI PROTEG EVM, rev. crowned oval garnished shield, EDWARD VI D G AG FR Z H REX, small square stops, m.m. grapple on obverse only (Schneider 683 (same dies); Potter, p.135, type 2(a) var.; N.1916; S.2445) rather double struck on obverse, striking crack at 5 o´clock, otherwise on an unusually full round flan, fine, extremely rare Estimate £ 1,000-1,200PROVENANCE: Sir Kenyon Vaughan Morgan, Sotheby 17 June 1935, lot 14 V J E Ryan, Glendining, 28 June 1950, lot 248 Spink Auction 54, 20 June 1986, lot 574 I Ure, M Rasmussen list no.2, Spring 2002, no. C102 This appears to be the only example of this coin, with transposed legends, to be offered at auction since Herbert Schneider purchased the Lockett example, lot 1872, for the enormous sum of £150 in 1956.

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