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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 404

William and Mary, Halfcrown, 1691, second, conjoined busts right, gvlielmvs.et.maria.dei.gratia, toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, third type, crowned cruciform shields of arms, with Lion of Nassau as an escutcheon with eight lozenges at centre, date surrounding in two lines, six strings to Irish harp, WM monogram in angles, .mag.br.fr.et.hib.rex.et.regina., edge, upright, .+..+.decvs.et.tvtamen..anno.regni.tertio (ESC 516; S.3436), attractively toned, nearly extremely fine Estimate £ 1,000-1,500PROVENANCE:Spink Numismatic Circular, February 1994, item 306

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