Coins, Historical Medals & Paper Money

William and Mary, Halfcrown, 1691, first shields, lettered edge, 14.80g/6h (cf. S 3434); together with a thin obverse cliché in base metal, 2.66g [2]. The first a contemporary or later forgery or fantasy piece, both very fine, an interesting pair £100-150

The edge reads decvs et tvtamen anno, then inverted regni vicesimo no no