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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 609

George IV, Proof Halfcrown, 1820, laureate head left, B.P. below, hatched lettering, georgius iiii d:g: britanniar: rex f:d:, finely toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned escutcheon of the Arms of Hanover with eight hearts in semee and round beads in crown, upon crowned quartered garnished shield, ten strings to Irish harp, thistle plant to left, shamrocks to right with W W P raised in each centre, anno to lower left, date to lower right, J B M in border teeth, edge, milled (Davies 170; ESC 629; S.3807), superb, very attractively toned, mint state Estimate £ 800-1,000

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