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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 828

Ireland, Charles I (1625-49), The Great Rebellion, issue of 1642, ´Inchinquin Money´, Halfcrown, irregular octagon stamped with weight, ´9 dwt. 16 gr.´ in circle, both sides (S.6533), attractively toned, the reverse weak, otherwise almost very fine Estimate £ 2,000-2,200provenance: H M Lingford, collection purchased en block by Baldwin, 1951 Purchased Baldwin, 1996 Both sides of this coin appear to have been struck from the same die. The obverse striking, which is clear, appears to have been struck second with the effect of partially obliterating the earlier reverse image.

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