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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 597

George III, Pattern Halfcrown, 1817, small 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 seven hearts in semee, upon crowned quartered differently shaped and garnished shield, six strings to Irish harp, within Order of the Garter, and motto honi.soit q mal.y.pense., legend surrounding britanniarum rex fid: def:, edge, milled (a mule of ESC 619 / 627), attractively toned, mint state, unrecorded, of the highest rarity Estimate £ 3,000-4,000PROVENANCEH M Lingford, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1951

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