Auction Catalogue

26 September 2007

Starting at 10:00 AM

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The COINEX Sale: Important British, Italian and World Coins

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 482

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26 September 2007

Hammer Price:
£5,500

George III (1760-1820), George III (1760-1820), Pattern Crown, 1817, by W. Wyon, a piédfort struck in white metal, laureate bust right, rev. the Three Graces standing, nationalistic emblems at their feet, edge plain, 33.93g/12h (L & S 155; ESC 226; Selig 1189, this coin). Extremely fine and of the highest rarity (£4,000-5,000)

Provenance:
From the estate of A.G. Wyon (†1962)
SNC February 1984 (435, part)
H. Selig Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 131, 2 March 1999, lot 1189