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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 612

George IV, Halfcrown, 1821, 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, 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 171; ESC 631; S.3807), attractively toned, brilliant prooflike, uncirculated, an early striking Estimate £ 300-350

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