British, Irish and Scottish Coins

William III (1694-1702), 1696, first bust, large crowns, early harp, trial (?) in copper on a heavy flan, plain edge, 4.52g/6h (ESC –; S –). A few surface marks, otherwise obverse about very fine, reverse good fine, excessively rare £800-1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Collection of Sixpences formed by the late Alfred Bole.

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Provenance: H.E. Manville Collection, Spink Auction 140, 16 November 1999, lot 640 [from Spink June 1980].

Possibly struck on a blank intended for a farthing