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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 9

James I (1603-25), first coinage, Sovereign, 11.12g., first bust, crowned half-length bust to right in plain armour, holding orb and sceptre, reads ang sco fran et hib, rev. crowned square-topped shield with ir at sides, exvrgat devs dissipentvr inimici, m.m. thistle (Schneider 1 (same dies); N.2065; S.2608), small ink mark by reverse mintmark, otherwise as struck, almost extremely fine, very rare Estimate £4,000-5,000 provenance: Dr E C Carter, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1950

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