William III, 1696, 6d, EXT RARE E/L

$380.00

S3520 First bust, early harp, large crowns above shield. Toned mint state but struck from an overused die with resultant weakness on hair. An L was mistakenly punched  for an E GVLIELMVS. The mistake was caught and an E was struck over the L but not with the same force leaving a prominent L with the middle bar of an E barely there. A combination of large and small letter punches in the legends makes for a very unusual coin. None of the usual haymarks which plague this issue. This error not noted by Bull and assumedly extremely rare.  AU

S3520 First bust, early harp, large crowns above shield. Toned mint state but struck from an overused die with resultant weakness on hair. An L was mistakenly punched  for an E GVLIELMVS. The mistake was caught and an E was struck over the L but not with the same force leaving a prominent L with the middle bar of an E barely there. A combination of large and small letter punches in the legends makes for a very unusual coin. None of the usual haymarks which plague this issue. This error not noted by Bull and assumedly extremely rare.  AU