Auction Catalogue

28 September 2006

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Important British and World Coins

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 971

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28 September 2006

Hammer Price:
£2,800

James VI (1567-1625), Half-Rider, 1593, mm. quatrefoil, 2.56g/3h (SCBI 35, 1171-3, same obv. die; B 1, fig. 955; S 5459). Almost extremely fine and nicely centred, rare (£1,500-2,000)

Provenance:
A. Mann Collection, 29-31 October 1917, lot 458
R.C. Lockett Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 18-19 June 1957, lot 356
H. Hird Collection, Glendining Auction, 6 March 1974, lot 105
Spink Auction 9, 4 June 1980, lot 416