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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 444

William III, Solus (1694-1702), Crown, 1696 OCTAVO, GEI for DEI Error, GVLIELMVS - III GEI GRA, first laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, with curved breast-plate, rev. four crowned shields cruciform, seven strings to harp, nine billets, upright lettered edge, 29.59g, 6h (Lingford 415 = ESC 91 [R5]; Bull 1000 [R5]; S.3470), rubbed but lightly cabinet toned, an extremely clear example of this famous Great Recoinage error, a pleasing very fine, and amongst the finest of this well-documented rarity

Provenance

The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection (1870-1941)

Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 6 January 1902 - £2.10.0

Spink Numismatic Circular, January 1902 (P.5114, no. 79691) - "Reading GEI for DEI, RR., very fine" - £2.10.0




"At the meeting of the Liverpool Numismatic Society held on December 19, 1870, there was exhibited a crown piece of William III, which bore on the obverse instead of the legend DEI GRA. the blunder GEI GRA. The coin had been in circulation, and was slightly larger than other crown pieces of the same reign. Has this typical blunder been detected before, or has it hitherto escaped the numismatist's eye? NB. Two of these inaccurate pieces (1696) turned up at the sale of silver coins and medals of G. Marshall, Esq. (second portion) on July 1, 1852, lot 116, and were purchased for the British Museum for sixteen shillings".

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Sold for
£1,700

Starting price
£5