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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 638

George IV, Halfcrown, 1829, 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 194; ESC 649; S.3809), small scratch in obverse field, very attractively toned, spot on reverse at helmet, good extremely fine Estimate £ 300-400

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