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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 154

William III, Halfcrown, 14.80g., 1701, elephant and castle provenance mark below first laureate and draped bust facing right, straight breastplate, gvlielmvs. iii.dei.gra., toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform modified large shields, six strings to 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.decimo.tertio.+ (ESC 566 R4; S.3495), with a nice clear elephant and castle, nearly fine, reverse better, extremely rare Estimate £1,000-1,500 provenance Purchased Baldwin 1945 for £15

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