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Lot 3116       Hammered Issues

Estimate $4,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $3,000

COMMONWEALTH, (1649-1660), silver crown, 1651, (29.31 grams), obverse with W and G joined to outer circle, reverse with G and H joined to outer edge, (S.3214, N.2721, ESC 3 [R4]). Attractive light grey tone, round and nearly very fine, with a light edge crack at 3.00, very rare in this condition.

Ex Orlo Smith, Melbourne, May 1984, previously listed in Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin, London, July 1968 (3005). Another "workmanship piece" being round, well centred and struck on a broad flan.

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