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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 407

William and Mary, Halfcrown, 1692, 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, six strings to Irish harp, tiny fleur de lis in French arms, the upper right one double struck, WM monogram in angles, .mag.br.fr.et.hib.rex.et.regina., edge, inverted, .+.+.decvs.et.tvtamen..anno.regni.qvinto (ESC 518 R4; S.3436), light adjustment marks on reverse near centre, toned, very fine Estimate £ 600-800PROVENANCEH A Parsons, Glendining, 11 May 1954, lot 565 partLord Hamilton of Dalzell, Spink Auction 3, 21 February 1979, lot 172Spink Numismatic Circular, July 1995, item 4238

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