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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 323

Charles II, Halfcrown, 1673, with plume below bust and at centre of reverse, fourth, laureate, draped bust right, carolvs.ii. dei.gratia, toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, seven strings to Irish harp, interlinked C´s in angles, plume at centre, date at top, .mag. br.fra. et.hib rex., edge, inverted, *.*.decvs.et.tvtamen . anno.regni.vicesimo. qvinto (ESC 475 R6; S.3369), toned, nearly very fine, of the highest rarity Estimate £ -5,000PROVENANCE: J G Murdoch, Sotheby, 8 June 1903, lot 593 T Bliss, Sotheby, 15 May 1916, lot 531 V M Brand, collection dispersed post mortem from 1932 H M Lingford, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1951 Lieut. Col. G T Pearce, purchased by Baldwin, 1978

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