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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 623

George IV, Pattern Halfcrown, 1824, bare head left, date below with rosette either side, georgius iv dei gratia, toothed border both sides, rev. off-set inverted die axis at 135 degrees, third type, crowned escutcheon of the Arms of Hanover with eight hearts in semee upon quartered more heavily garnished shield, ten strings to Irish harp, surmounted by crowned helmet, with lambrequins, motto on banner below, dieu et mon droit, legend britanniarum rex fid: def:, edge, milled (Davies 190; ESC 639A R4; S.3809), prooflike toned, a little weak of strike, good extremely fine, extremely rare, Estimate £ -4,000PROVENANCEH M Lingford, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1951

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