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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 195

George II, Halfcrown, 15.05g., 1736, young laureate and draped bust facing left, georgivs.ii dei.gratia., toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, twelve strings to Irish harp, garter star at centre, rose and plumes in angles, date either side of crown above halved English and Scottish shield, .m.b.f.et. h.rex.f.d.b et.l.d.s.r.i. a.t.et.e., edge, inscribed in raised letters of inverted axis, decvs.et.tvtamen anno.regni.nono (ESC 599; S.3692), uneven tone with some underlying mint bloom, some light flecking, a pleasing extremely fine, reverse better, a rare date Estimate £800-1,000 provenance G Hamilton-Smith, Glendining, 23 May 1927, lot 491pt. Purchased Baldwin 1941 £1.10/-

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