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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 20

James I (1603-25), first coinage, Halfcrown, 1.37g., crowned first bust right, IACOBVS D G AN SC FR ET HI REX, rev. square topped shield, crown between I R above, m.m. thistle (Schneider 5 (same dies); N.2069; S.2612) a superb example, weakly struck in parts of shield, otherwise in mint state, with a very attractive golden tone, and a magnificent portrait, an extremely rare coin in this condition Estimate £ 2,500-3,000PROVENANCE: H M Lingford, Glendining, 20 June 1951, lot 879 Lucien M LaRiviere, Spink Auction 124, 18 November 1997, lot 1749

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