Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 637
George IV, Halfcrown, 1828, bare head left, date below with rosette either side, georgius iv dei gratia, 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, milled (Davies 193; ESC 648; S.3809), small scratch at back of neck, very attractively toned, good extremely fine Estimate £ 400-500
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