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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 525

George I, Halfcrown, 1715, laureate, draped bust right, georgivs.d.g.m.br.fr.et.hib.rex.f.d., toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, six hearts in Hanoverian arms, eight strings to Irish harp, roses and plumes in angles, Garter star at centre, date at top, .brvn et.l.dvx s.r.i.a:th et.el., edge, upright, no A in ANNO, .decvs.et.tvtamennno,regni.secvndo (cf.ESC 587; S.3642), nearly fine, unrecorded in English Silver Coinage Estimate £ 150-200PROVENANCE:Spink Numismatic Circular, March 1996, item 846

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