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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 625

George IV, Pattern Halfcrown, 1824, slightly smaller bare head left, raised spot by ear, date below with rose either side, smaller lettering, georgius iv dei gratia, large toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, 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, obliquely milled (Davies 195; ESC ----; S.----), struck on a broad flan, very attractively toned, as struck, of the highest rarity Estimate £ -10,000PROVENANCE:Glendining, 4 October 1962, lot 173Bought Spink and Son 1977Bought Daruma, Tokyo Japan, September 1997Purchased from Spink, October 1997

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