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№ 198

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12 December 2005

Hammer Price:
£290

Edward VI (1547-1553), Shilling, mm. tun, lettering of mixed sizes, 4.83g/3h (N 1937; S 2482). Obverse counterstamped with the arms of Zeeland, coin smoothed and pierced at top, countermark very fine and extremely rare on coins of this reign (£200-250)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Coins from the Collection of Ernest Danson.

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See ‘A Shilling of Edward VI countermarked with the Arms of Zeeland’, by E.W. Danson, SNC June 1980, p.214, where this coin is published and discussed. A photocopy is sold with the lot