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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 616

George IV, Pattern Halfcrown, 1823, laureate head left, tie ribbons of a different shape, B.P. below, plain 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 with round pearls in crown, upon crowned quartered more heavily garnished shield, eight strings to Irish harp, thistle plant to left, shamrocks to right with W W P raised in each centre, hatched lettering anno to lower left, date to lower right, smaller J B M in border teeth, edge, milled (Davies 173; ESC 652 R6; S.3807), very attractively toned, as struck, extremely rare Estimate £ 4,000-5,000PROVENANCESir J G Carew Pole, Sotheby, 13 June 1927Sir E Grant Duff, Sotheby, 13 June 1927H M Lingford, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1951

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