THE VERENE COLLECTION OF BRITISH PROOFS
Lot 2510 SESSION 10 (7.30PM WEDNESDAY 27TH JULY) THE VERENE COLLECTION OF BRITISH PROOFS
Estimate $8,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $11,500
1826 PROOF HALF SOVEREIGN, George IV, 1820-30. S-3804, W&R 249 (R2) 3.98g straight-grained edge with a narrow rim. Both obverse dies identical to those used to strike the sixpence. Obverse - single tuft. Reverse - as for one sovereign in reduced scale. Choice original proof with attractive orange yellow, nearly without contact marks, FDC and very rare.
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Estimate $8,000
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