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

Lot

№ 1333

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28 September 2006

Estimate: £2,000–£3,000

United States of America, Oak Tree coinage, Shilling, 1652, in at bottom, 3.79g/12h (Noe 11; Durst 16). Obverse good fine, reverse partly waterworn and with a scratch in centre, otherwise about fine, very rare (£2,000-3,000)

Provenance:
Bt Spink.

The vendor was advised at the time of purchase that this coin and the following lot were recovered from a wreck off the Canadian coast