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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 251

William and Mary (1688-94), tin Farthing, 5.53g., 1690, copper plug at centre, conjoined cuirassed busts facing right, gvlielmvs. et. maria, toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, Britannia seated left holding palm branch, with spear and shield, date in exergue, britan nia., edge, inscribed in raised letters of upright axis, *nvmmorvm *famvlvs .1690* ( Peck 578; S.3451), one tiny corrosion spot each side, edge flaw at top of bust, attractive patina, extremely fine for this issue, extremely rare Estimate £800-1,000 provenance Major A W Foster, Glendining, 19 October 1953, lot 30

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