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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 19

Elizabeth I, sixth issue, Halfcrown, 1.34g., bust 7D, elaborate crowned bust left, hair flowing from top of ruff, rev. crowned square shield, E R at sides, reads PROTEGET EA, pellet stops, m.m. 2 (Brown and Comber J23; Schneider -; N.2011; S.2542) very slightly creased, a beautiful little coin, neatly struck, with an excellent portrait, almost extremely fine, extremely rare Estimate £ 2,500-3,000PROVENANCE: Stewart Thorburn, Sotheby, 6 July 1887, lot 102 H Montagu, Sotheby, 13 November 1896, lot 62 C A Watters, Glendining, 21 May 1917, lot 325 T B Clarke-Thornhill, Glendining, 24 May 1937, lot 100 W L Raynes, Glendining, 15 May 1950, lot 165 J L Dresser, Stack´s, lot 1763 Stack´s, 2 December 1997, lot 1403

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