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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 183

George I (1720-27), Crown, 30.14g., 1723 SSC, South Sea Company issue, laureate and draped bust facing right, georgivs.d.g.m.br.fr.et.hib.rex.f.d., toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, now incorporating the Arms of Hanover, eight strings to Irish harp, Garter Star at centre, initials in angles, date either side of crown, .brvn et.l.dvx s.r.i.a:th et.el. ,edge, inscribed in raised letters of upright axis, .decus.et.tutamen +. anno.regni.decimo+ (ESC 114; S.3640), dusky grey tone, well struck, good extremely fine Estimate £1,500-2,000 provenance Purchased Seaby, SCMB, January-December 1944, no.3438

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£2,000