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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 78

William and Mary, Half-Guinea, 4.20g., 1691, elephant and castle provenance mark below second conjoined busts facing right, gvlielmvs.et.maria.dei.gratia continuous over busts, toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, second crowned and quartered shield of arms, with an escutcheon of the Lion of Nassau, four strings to Irish harp, date either side of crown, .mag.br.fr.et.hib.rex.et.regina., edge, diagonally milled (MCE 164; S.3431), lightly haymarked on reverse with an attractive red tone, well struck on a broad flan, retaining full mint brilliance, extremely fine Estimate £2,000-2,500 provenance Purchased Baldwin for £14/10

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