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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 196

George II, Halfcrown, 15.04g., 1743, older laureate and draped bust facing left, georgius.ii. dei.gratia., toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, eight strings to Irish harp, Garter Star at centre, rose in each angle, 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 upright axis, decvs.et.tvtamen.anno regni.decimo.septimo (ESC 603A R2; S.3694), attractively toned, a pleasing extremely fine, not as rare as ESC indicates Estimate £500-600 provenance Purchased Baldwin 1941 for 10/-

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£750