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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 388

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 six lozenges, seven strings to Irish harp, crown without frosting but with pearls, date either side, .mag.br.fr.et.hib.rex.et.regina., last R malformed and resembling an H, edge, upright, .+.+.decvs.et.tvtamen..anno.regni.primo (ESC 507; S.3434), tooled both sides in fields, toned, nearly extremely fine Estimate £ 400-500

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