Watch List notes:

XF45 | Edward VI (1547-1553), Second Period, Second Issue, Crown, 12 April 1549 - April 1550, Tower, EDWARD : VI : D : G : AGL : FR • Z • HIB : REX, youthful crowned and cuirassed bust right, rev. (m.m.) SCVTVM : FIDEI : PROTEGET : EVM :, crowned oval and elaborately garnished shield, dividing E-R, 2.63g [40.7grns], 9h, m.m. arrow (HCN 58; Potter 2(a); Montagu II, 798 same dies; Murdoch I, 473 same dies; Lockett -; Schneider I, 677 same dies; North 1914; Spink 2442), faint creases and die clashing as usual for type, otherwise attractively toned with orange-red hues accentuating lustre in recesses, almost very fine for issue, extremely rare, , in NGC 'Horace Hird' holder, graded XF45 (Cert. #6135299-015).
Provenance
A Lost Parcel from the Celebrated Horace Hird Collection
Captain Ronald D Wills, Glendining, 6 December 1938, lot 50 [illus.] - very fine, extremely rare - £8.5.0 [Baldwin]
Estimate: £4000 - £6000