Great Britain Silver & Bronze
Lot 1643 Session 6 (9:30am Wednesday) Great Britain Silver & Bronze
Estimate $4,000
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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 1641
WILLIAM III, crown, third bust, 1696 (30.16g), obv. GVLIELMVS. III. DEI. GRA, laureate bust of ...
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Lot 1642
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WILLIAM III, shilling, double obverse, undated, third laureate and draped bust to right, Y mintmark ...
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Lot 1644
WILLIAM III, shilling, first bust, 1696N (S.3501). Obverse adjustment mark, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $200
Lot 1645
WILLIAM III, sixpence, first bust, 1696 (S.3520). Poorly struck on reverse, faulty flan otherwise good ...
Estimate $100