Great Britain Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 1579 SESSION 6 (9.30AM WEDNESDAY 18TH APRIL) Great Britain Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $3,000
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SOLD $4,500
WILLIAM III, shilling, double obverse, undated, third laureate and draped bust to right, Y mintmark probably erased from dies below, reverse similar struck at a 280 degree axis, edge grained, (ESC -). Good very fine, toned, pleasing, extremely rare being one of only two recorded specimens.
Ex Archbishop Sharp (1645-1714) Collection, Glendining, London, 5th October 1977 (lot 230) and the H.E.Manville Collection of patterns sold in Spink, London Sale 140, November 16, 1999 (lot 625) and Noble Numismatics Sale 71 (lot 1731).
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Lot 1577
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Lot 1578
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Estimate $3,000
Lot 1580
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Lot 1581
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Estimate $400