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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 349

(x) George V (1911-1936), Set of Christmas 'Wreath' Crowns, 1927-1936, including, 1927 Proof, bare head left, rev. crown within wreath, edge milled, 28.37g, 12h (ESC 367; Bull 3631), mottled tone to peripheries of brilliant fields, much as struck, one of only 15,030 struck; also, 1928, edge milled, 28.31g, 12h (ESC 368; Bull 3633), lightly wiped and bagmarked, otherwise lustrous, extremely fine, one of only 9,034 struck; and, 1929, edge milled, 28.21g, 1h (ESC 369; Bull 3636), lightly rubbed but lustrous, almost extremely fine, one of only 4,994 struck; and, 1930, edge milled, 28.23g, 12h (ESC 370; Bull 3638), lightly bagmarked with a mottled tone, lustrous, extremely fine, one of only 4,847 struck; and, 1931, edge milled, 28.22g, 12h (ESC 371; Bull 3639), rubbed and lightly contact marked, faintly wiped but retoned, a really bold very fine to almost extremely fine, one of only 4,056 struck; also, 1932, edge milled, 28.24g, 12h (ESC 372; Bull 3641), lightly cleaned and rubbed, otherwise residually lustrous, a pleasingly bold very fine, a scarcer year, one of only 2,395 struck; also, 1933, edge milled, 28.14g, 12h (ESC 373; Bull 3644), lightly cleaned, rubbed and bagmarked, the reverse residually lustrous, a pleasingly bold very fine, one of only 7,132 struck; also, 1934, as before, edge milled, 28.28g*, 12h (ESC 374; Bull 3647; S.4036), rubbed and toned, about very fine, the key date of series, with famously only 932 struck; lastly, 1936, struck Posthumously under King Edward VIII, edge milled, 28.25g, 12h (ESC 381; Bull 3694; S.4036), lightly bagmarked with a mottled tone, lustrous, extremely fine, a scarce and desirable date, one of only 2,473 struck, with custom 'Spink & Son' fitted Presentation Case (9)

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£2000