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Auction: 15031 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins - Part 2
Lot: 523

George III (1760-1820), pattern Crown, 1818, 28.28g, by Benedetto Pistrucci, georgius iii d:g: britanniarum rex f:d:, large laureate head right, signed pistrucci below truncation, toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, honi soit qui mal y pense on raised Garter border with horizontal ruling, wwp (for mint master William Wellesley Pole) incuse on Garter buckle, St George and dragon, signed pistrucci below, edge with inverted raised large letters, decus et tutamen. anno regni lviii. (ESC 236 - R5; L&S 183), light cabinet friction on both sides otherwise uncirculated, old grey toning, some spots of discolouration especially on the reverse, much lustre, extremely rare

provenance
H M Lingford, Glendining, 24-26 October 1950, lot 482, 'brilliant and toned, extremely rare' £60
Capt. H E G Paget, Glendining, 25-27 September 1946, lot 425


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