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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 248

(x) George III (1760-1820), Pattern Proof Copper Dollar, 1804, Type A/2, first laureate, cuirassed and draped bust right, leaf to upright of E of DEI, : C . H . K ., in relief on truncation, rev. Britannia seated facing left, K in relief, edge plain, 22.57g, 12h (ESC 146; Bull 1927; D.18; L&S 55; S.3768), FT graffitied to right of date, light contact marks to, including to shield, otherwise flashy fields and with a handsome red beneath darkened surfaces, good extremely fine

Provenance

Baldwin's, Fixed Price List, Summer 2012, BM052 - £1,250

St. James's, Auction 18, 27 September 2011, lot 290 - £650



Two other Bank of England dollars are known engraved with the letters FT, including a type E/2 (Bowles Collection, Bristol City Museum) and a K/5A (R. E. Hart, Blackburn Museum).

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Sold for
£1,000

Starting price
£500