Coins

William III (1694-1702), Halfpenny, 1697, reading brita[n]nia (BMC 650, and footnote 1; S 3554). Blank filing on drapery (and corresponding on reverse), otherwise good very fine, reverse with a trace of original colour £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Copper Coins from the Collection Formed by the Late George Bates.

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In all probability the specimen once owned by L.V.W. Wright and referred to in BMC, p.171, footnote 1