Lot 616
616
William III, (1694-1702), pattern Half-guinea, 1696, struck in silver, 2.975g., laureate bust right, with hair across breast, similar to the second bust type of the silver coinage, GVLIELMVS. III. DEI. GRA. rev. crowned cruciform shields, sceptres in angles, Lion of Nassau at centre, MAG BR. FRA. ET. HIB. REX. 1696. edge grained (cf.SCMB Sept. 1954, p.367), cut across mouth, otherwise very fine, unknown in gold, unique in silver
William III, (1694-1702), pattern Half-guinea, 1696, struck in silver, 2.975g., laureate bust right, with hair across breast, similar to the second bust type of the silver coinage, GVLIELMVS. III. DEI. GRA. rev. crowned cruciform shields, sceptres in angles, Lion of Nassau at centre, MAG BR. FRA. ET. HIB. REX. 1696. edge grained (cf.SCMB Sept. 1954, p.367), cut across mouth, otherwise very fine, unknown in gold, unique in silver

Details
William III, (1694-1702), pattern Half-guinea, 1696, struck in silver, 2.975g., laureate bust right, with hair across breast, similar to the second bust type of the silver coinage, GVLIELMVS. III. DEI. GRA. rev. crowned cruciform shields, sceptres in angles, Lion of Nassau at centre, MAG BR. FRA. ET. HIB. REX. 1696. edge grained (cf.SCMB Sept. 1954, p.367), cut across mouth, otherwise very fine, unknown in gold, unique in silver
Provenance
Purchased: A H Baldwin, May 1981