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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 584

George III, Proof Halfcrown, 1816, large laureate head right, date below, georgius iii dei gratia, toothed border both sides, rev. struck en medaille, crowned escutcheon of the Arms of Hanover with six hearts in semee, upon crowned quartered shield, six strings to Irish harp, within Order of the Garter, and motto honi.soit.qui.mal.y.pense., legend surrounding britanniarum rex fid: def:, edge, plain (Davies 50; ESC 615 R2; S.3788), attractively toned, as struck, rare Estimate £ 1,400-1,600PROVENANCEH M Lingford, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1951

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