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Sale 31: The Pre-Long Beach Auction May 30 - June 1, 2005
             

             
            Lot 2174Great Britain. Shilling, 1656. S.3217; ESC-995. The 
            Commonwealth, 1649-1660. Mintmark, Sun. Pleasant grey and blue tone. 
            Exceptional flan, almost perfectly round, no cracks or flaws worth 
            mentioning, delightful impression of the dies on both sides. British 
            bidders should consider this "mysterious MS61" to be a really nice, 
            Good EF specimen. Worth a bid far in excess of the £300 Spink places 
            on a VF coin of this date. To figure a sensible bid, consider this: 
            if the coin is worth about $600 in VF, but the VF price of £300 is 
            almost triple the Fine price of £135 (in the Spink guide book), what 
            should a super-nice EF be worth? Three times VF price? More? Only 
            the bidding will decide, but once sold this coin will be very 
            difficult to replace with an equally nice example! We think our 
            estimate is conservative, especially in light of how hot nice 
            hammered coins are in the UK market. NGC graded MS-61. 
            Estimated Value $1,000-1,250. 

            Provenance: The Cheshire Collection.
             Realized $675
             


          








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