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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 392

William and Mary, Halfcrown, 1689, first, conjoined busts right, gvlielmvs.et.maria.dei.gratia, toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, second crowned quartered shield of arms, with Lion of Nassau as an escutcheon with eight lozenges surrounding, six strings to Irish harp, crown with caul and interior frosted with pearls, date either side, .mag.br.fr.et.hib.rex.et.regina., edge, inverted, .++.decvs.et.tvtamen..anno.regni.primo (ESC 508; S.3435), attractively toned, good very fine Estimate £ 800-1,000PROVENANCE:Spink America Auction, New-York, 3 December 1996, lot 562

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