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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 642

William IV, Proof Halfcrown, 1831, bare head right, script 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, milled (Davies 321; ESC 659 R2; S.3834), very attractively toned, mint state, rare Estimate £ 1,200-1,500PROVENANCEH M Lingford, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1951

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