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№ 2706

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8 December 2014

Hammer Price:
£170

Engraved coins: Charles II, Halfcrown, first bust [1663], rev. engraved (Betty Busick, 1776); Anne, Shilling, [1707-9]e, rev. engraved (I * E); George III, Halfcrown, 1817, small head, obv. engraved (The Gift of J.W. to Jno. Coates, 1828); Victoria, Florin [1851-87], obv. planed flat and engraved (In Memory of Dad, 1899), Shilling [1889-92], rev. planed flat and engraved (Leah Adell, Oct. 1893) on plant, Sixpence [1893-1901], rev. planed flat and engraved with a bee; Edward VII, Florin [1902-10], rev. planed flat and engraved with a floral arrangement; George V, Florin [1911-19], rev. planed flat and engraved (In Memory of Dear Mother); indeterminate Shilling-sized coins (2), one engraved with a shield and a phoenix, the other named (Mary Wells North Walsham Aged 19, 1782; Mary Wells North Walsham Aged 29, 1802) [10]. Varied state, the last displaying an ignorance of mathematics by the engraver £100-200