Auction Catalogue

30 September 2009

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Important British and World Coinsxx

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 3572

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30 September 2009

Hammer Price:
£1,400

George V (1910-1936), Pattern Double-Florin or Four Shillings, 1911, by R. Huth, in iron, bust left, IRON at lower left, rev. similar, edge Ship Nails Calshot Castle May 1896, 27.38g/12h (L & S 21; ESC 401). Almost as struck, extremely rare £1,500-2,000

Provenance: Bt D. Rooke August 2006.

Calshot Castle is a device fort built by Henry VIII as part of his chain of defences of the Solent