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Auction: 3017 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 26

†Charles II, silver cliché of the obverse die for thePattern Crown, 16.43g., undated by Thomas Simon, large laureate and draped bust of fine style facing right, struck in high relief, Simon in script below, carolvs ii.dei.gra toothed border including triangular denticles beyond, not usually visible on the struck coin; perhaps an early test piece as there is no flaw at the start of legend; mounted on a silver circular frame inscribed A proof in thin silver of the finest coin ever engraved in England by T Simon (L&S 9), extremely fine and unique in silver Estimate £ 1,500-2,000 provenance Dr T Wakley, Sotheby, 6 December 1909, lot 157 Helen Farquhar, Glendinings, 25 April 1955, lot 191 Glendining, 4 October 1962, lot 14 Glendining, 4 March 1981, lot 148 H E Manville, Spink Auction 140, 16 November 1999, lot 595

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