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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 380

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, eight strings to Irish harp, crown with caul and interior frosted with pearls, date either side, .mag.br.fr.et.hib.rex.et.regina., only trace of a bar in H, edge, upright, .+.+.decvs.et.tvtamen.anno.regni.primo (ESC 503; S.3434), scratch on reverse, poor Estimate £ 30-40PROVENANCE:Glendining, 28 January 1998, lot 385 part

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