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Auction: 24004 - British and World Coins and Medals Spring Auction
Lot: 305

Victoria (1837-1901), Trial for a Sixpence or so-called Pattern "Half-Shilling", 1856, by William and Leonard Charles Wyon, Royal Mint (Tower), VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR : REG : F : D : young head left as the Sixpence obverse, rev. struck en médaille, HALF SHILLING in two lines within crowned wreath of laurel and oak, date below, edge plain, 2.82g, 12h (Montagu [1890], 1709 ['3 Known']; Hocking 2252-2253; Montagu [Third Duplicates, 1888], 760 = Murdoch 620; Saward 226a; Nobleman 354-356; Norweb 287; L S Forrer [1916], p. 676; The Wyons [1917], p. 108; MSCE Patt. 43; ESC 1774 [R4]; Davies 1142), variable tone across brilliant original fields, a pleasingly good extremely fine, excessively rare being one of six known, three of which reside in National collections, with NGC certification (Cert. #6767983-003)

Provenance

SCMB, December 1963, PP26 - "FDC, RRRR" - £60.0.0

SMCB, November 1962, no. 7096 - "FDC, RRR" - £60.0.0

[with Seaby stock ticket, November 1962, costed at £45.0.0]






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Sold for
£2,900

Starting price
£1200