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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 151

William III, Halfcrown, 15.16g., 1696 y, York Mint, first laureate and draped bust facing right, straight breastplate, y below, gvlielmvs. iii.dei.gra., toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform large shields, seven strings to early Irish harp, Lion of Nassau at centre, date either side of crown above English shield, .mag. br.fra. et.hib. rex., edge, inscribed in raised letters of upright axis, .+.+.decvs.et.tvtamen.anno.regni.octavo.+.+. (ESC 528; S.3486), adjustment marks at centre of reverse extending across French shield, light striations also running down bust with some light flecking, toned, nearly extremely fine, rare Estimate £400-500 provenance Purchased Baldwin 1945 for £4.10/-

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