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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 379

William and Mary, Halfcrown, 1689, first, conjoined busts right, gvlielmvs.et.maria.dei.gratia, toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, first crowned quartered shield of arms, with Lion of Nassau as an escutcheon with seven lozenges, nine strings to Irish harp, crown with caul and interior frosted with pearls, date either side, .mag.br.fr.et.hib.rex.et.regina., edge, upright, .+.+.decvs.et.tvtamen.anno.regni.primo (ESC 503; S.3434), lightly haymarked both sides, toned, a pleasing extremely fine Estimate £ 1,600-2,000PROVENANCE:Glendining, 20 January 1997, lot 294

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