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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 254

Commonwealth, Halfcrown, 14.76g., 1652, shield of St. George within a wreath, rev. conjoined shields of St. George and Ireland, value above, m.m. sun on reverse only (ESC 429; N.2722; S.3215) a handsome coin, very slightly double struck on obverse, otherwise deeply toned, on a large flan, almost extremely fine, very rare thus Estimate £ 1,000-1,200PROVENANCE: G C Drabble, Glendining, 13 December 1943, lot 1123 H M Lingford, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1951 P Hunt, portion of collection purchased privately by Colin Adams, March 2000

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