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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 617

George IV, Halfcrown, 1823, 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 more heavily garnished shield, eight 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, smaller J B M in border teeth, edge, milled (Davies 173; ESC 633 R3; S.3807), attractively toned, extremely fine, the finest known specimen of this great rarity Estimate £ 6,000-8,000PROVENANCEH Montagu, Sotheby, 7 May 1888, lot 842A A Banes, Sotheby, 30 October 1922, lot 332E H Wheeler, Sotheby, 12 March 1930, lot 557Seaby Coin and Medal Bulletin, March 1958 Lord Hamilton of Dalzell, Spink Auction 3, 21 February 1979, lot 527Spink Numismatic Circular, October 2000, item 4308

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