AU Details | Edward VI (1547-1553), Third Period, Half-Sovereign, 1551-1553, Tower, (m.m.) EDWARD '. VI : D '. G '. AGL ': FRA ': Z : hIB ': REX :, crowned and cuirassed three-quarter length bust right, colon stops, rev. (m.m.) IhS '. AVTEM : TRAnSIE : PER MEDI .' ILLO .' IBAT •, crowned square-topped shield dividing E-R, interior frosted, 5.68g [87.2grns], 1h, m.m. tun (HCN 64; Lockett 4364; Schneider I, 696; North 1928; Spink 2451), some creasing and tiny lamination flaws with hints of smoothing, otherwise on a neat round flan, residually lustrous and lightly toned, strictly a bolder very fine, markedly above average for this notoriously difficult and seldom encountered issue, very rare thus, in NGC 'Horace Hird' holder, graded AU Details ~ Cleaned (Cert. #6135299-028).
Provenance
A Lost Parcel from the Celebrated Horace Hird Collection
Estimate: £4000 - £6000