Lot 288
Great Britain. Half-Sovereign, ND. S-2451; N-1928. 5.55 grams. Edward VI, 1547-1553. Tower mint. Third Period. Tun mintmark. Crowned and armored half-figure right, holding sword and globus cruciger. Reverse: Crowned shield. Broad, fine flan. Unusually sharp strike (from shallowly engraded dies) and a pleasing portrait of the young monarch. With beautiful, old reddish toning over satiny, lustrous surfaces. Rare. NGC graded AU-58.
Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000.
Originally bought with a Glendinning's sale ticket from 1960 as "Ext. Fine" -- a grade seldom assigned to English gold coins by London auction rooms at that time. Ex Dr Jacob Y. Terner Collection (by private treaty to the Millennia Collection).
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| Realized $20,125 |
