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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 640

William IV (1830-37), Proof Halfcrown, 1831, bare head right, block ww incuse on truncation, gulielmus iiii d:g: britanniar: rex f:d:, finely toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned escutcheon of the Arms of Hanover with eight hearts in semee upon quartered more heavily garnished shield, seven strings to Irish harp, surmounted by crowned mantle with Order below, anno to lower left, date to lower right, edge, plain (Davies 320; ESC 657; S.3834A), very attractively toned, mint state, as issued in the proof sets Estimate £ 600-800PROVENANCE:Spink Numismatic Circular, November 1995, item 6338

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