Auction Catalogue

9 December 2008

Starting at 1:00 PM

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British and World Coins, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 143

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9 December 2008

Hammer Price:
£120

William III (1694-1702), Halfpence (2), 1696, reads gvliemvs, no stop on rev., 1699, third issue, reads tertvs (BMC 642, 691; S 3554-6) [2]. Second with hairline scratches both sides, fair to fine, both extremely rare (£120-150)

Provenance:
First Dr B. Nicholson Collection [from N.A. Clark 1980]
Second P.J. Kirkman Collection, C.W. Peck Collection,
SNC December 1969 (10090), G.A. Entwisle Collection, P.W. Lawrence Collection, Dr B. Nicholson Collection.

The 1699 is the second of those listed as
BMC 692 but a faint trace of the reverse stop appears evident