William III. Halfcrown. 1696 GENIO POPVLI ROMANI

GENIO POPVLI ROMANI

Reverse Neptune standing holding trident and dolphin

William Liggins is also entitled to the war and victory medals

William James Pidgeon was born in 1873 so was not a young man when he went to war on the western front

Chocolate brown toning that is slightly uneven on the reverse

William III. Halfcrown. 1696 GENIO POPVLI ROMANIFirst bust, large shield, early harp. Octavo to edge. This coin retains much mint bloom. There is haymarking to both sides, and a horizontal mark accross the neck running to the A of GRA which crosses over a vertical die flaw., which along with slight weakness to raised parts of the design may indicate that it was struck from old dies. Nevertheless, an excellent coin and good very fine. Spink 3481