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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 276

Commonwealth, Pattern Halfcrown, 15.09g., by Blondeau, 1651, shield of St. George within a wreath formed of a palm and laurel branch, rev. conjoined shields of St. George and Ireland, value above, edge TRVTH AND PEACE 1651 (olive branch) PETRUS BLONDAEUS INVENTOR FECIT (palm branch), m.m. sun on reverse only (ESC 444; N.2732) very faint scratches on reverse, under an attractive old tone, a pleasing golden/steel grey lustre, very fine or better, very rare Estimate £ 2,000-2,500PROVENANCE: H M Lingford, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1951

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