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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 258

Commonwealth, Halfcrown, 13.56g., 1653, shield of St. George within a wreath, rev. conjoined shields of St. George and Ireland, value above, m.m. sun on reverse only (ESC 431; N.2722; S.3215) pierced through centre and plugged, scratched on edge, otherwise fine Estimate £ 80-100This coin appears to have been officially pierced through the centre at the time of the great re-coinage in 1696, when unclipped hammered coins, so treated, were allowed to circulate for a short time before they were finally demonetised.

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£130