Auction Catalogue

17 September 2013

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British and Scottish Coins and Countermarked Tokens from the Collection of the late Arthur Chesser

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 218

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17 September 2013

Hammer Price:
£1,700

George IV (1820-1830), Proof Halfcrown, 1821, rev. with heavier garniture and fewer sections to thistle leaves, edge grained, 14.12g/6h (ESC 632; S 3807). Some hairlining, otherwise good extremely fine, rare £900-1,200

Provenance: Glendining Auction, 31 January 1958, lot 93 (part); bt L. Sverdloff