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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 152

Charles I, York mint, Halfcrown, 12.97g., type 2, small equestrian portrait of king in armour left, holding sword upright, ground-line with grass below, reads MAG BRI FR ET HI, rev. oval garnished shield, m.m. lion (JGB 1077 (same dies); Besly 1B; N.2310; S.2864) sharply struck on a small, clipped flan, deeply toned, almost extremely fine, rare Estimate £ 800-1,000PROVENANCE: Spink Numismatic Circular, October 1993, no.7188

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