Important British and World Coins

William II (1694-1702), Half-Pistole, 1701, 3.41g/12h (SCBI 35, 1733-4; B 2, fig. 1079; S 5677). Nearly extremely fine, very rare (£6,000-6,500)

Struck from the gold of the ill-fated Darien company, whose badge was the sun rising above the sea