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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 268

Commonwealth, Halfcrown, 14.83g., 1656/5, shield of St. George within a wreath, rev. conjoined shields of St. George and Ireland, value above, m.m. sun on reverse only (ESC 438; N.2722; S.3215) weakly struck on Irish harp, otherwise deeply toned, on a pleasing round flan, almost very fine, very rare Estimate £ 500-600PROVENANCE: Spink Auction 55, 8 October 1986, lot 21 E S Bell, Glendining, 9 February 2000, lot 268 Although this overdate is only noted in ESC as R, no other example appears to have been offered at auction in the last forty years.

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