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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 639

George IV, Pattern Halfcrown, undated, By W Binfield, struck in copper, large laureate head left, with two tie ribbons, w.binfield f. below, georgius iiii d:g: britanniar: rex: f:d: finely toothed border both sides, rev. struck en medaille, 2s . 6d. divided by caduceus, surmounted by trident, within laurel branches, edge, plain (ESC 655 R6), mint state, extremely rare Estimate £ 2,000-2,500PROVENANCEJ G Murdoch, Sotheby, 8 June 1903, lot 429 partBaron Phillipe Ferrari de la Renotière, Sotheby, 27 March 1922, lot 107V M Brand, collection dispersed post mortem from 1932H M Lingford, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1951

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