Auction: 15031 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins - Part 2
Lot: 512
George III (1760-1820), silver proof pattern Twopence, 1797, 33.94g, by C H Küchler, georgius iii. d:g. rex., laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, signed k on truncation, rev. inverted die axis, britannia. 1797 incuse on wide raised border, Britannia seated left, holding olive branch and trident, edge plain, on a thin 3mm. flan (BMC type KT3, no.1072; L&S 14), extremely fine, rare
provenance
Maj. A W Foster, Glendining, 19 October 1953, lot 74, 'a brilliant proof struck in silver, very rare', £27
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Sold for
£12,000