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Auction: 3011 - The Colin Adams Collection of British Pennies, Foreign Coins & Medals
Lot: 400

Henry VIII (1509-47), first coinage, Angel, 5.12g., Tower, St. Michael standing piercing dragon, reads henric viii, rev. ship bearing shield and cross, h and rose at sides, reads rede, saltire stops, m.m. castle with chains (c.f. Schneider 561; N.1760; S.2265), struck from a slightly rusty obverse die, otherwise a crisp round coin, extremely fine Estimate £ 800-1,000 Illustrated on back cover

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