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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robp, post: 4567296, member: 96746&quot;]W/SA halfcrown Allen dies D-23. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1130949[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>E W Wigan, collection bt Rollins &amp; Feuardent 1872</p><p>H Webb (I) 560, Sotheby 9/7/1894</p><p>J G Murdoch 194, Sotheby 8/6/1903</p><p>G Hamilton Smith 126, Sotheby 21/7/1913</p><p>Sir K Vaughan Morgan 336, Sotheby 17/6/1935</p><p>V J E Ryan 1307, Glendining 22/1/1952</p><p>J R Vincent (no D-23 in 1955 sales so presumably purchased separately by Spink)</p><p>J G Brooker SCBI 33 no.1153, collection acquired by Spink 1979-80</p><p>SNC 3/1986 no.1080 £350!</p><p>SNC 2/1990 no.276 £1500</p><p>SNC 7/1992 no.4217 £1250</p><p>A Morris, purchased from R Richardson 2/1999</p><p><br /></p><p>Excessively rare, this is the only known example of this die pair and consequently illustrated in all the 20th century catalogues listed above. The rare bit is the reverse die which is also known paired with the right facing bust shilling, this coin also unique, but now in a museum. </p><p><br /></p><p>Probably struck at Shrewsbury in the month or two before it fell to Parliament in Feb.1644/5[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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