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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 264

Commonwealth, Halfcrown, 14.34g., 1655, shield of St. George within a wreath, rev. conjoined shields of St. George and Ireland, value above, m.m. sun on reverse only (ESC 436 (R5); N.2722; S.3215) double struck on shield on obverse, the surfaces slightly porous, otherwise good fine, the date clear, extremely rare Estimate £ 1,000-1,200PROVENANCE: Thames Find, 1995 Baldwin´s Auctions no.14, 13 October 1997, lot 467 Only three 1655 Halfcrowns have been offered for sale in the last forty years.

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