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Auction: 392 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale at NY INC
Lot: 205

Edward VIII (20 January - 11 December 1936), Model for the Proposed Dodecagonal Threepence, 1936, struck with a Trial Die, in nickel-brass, the adopted metal, Royal Mint (London), Tower, ROYAL MINT ~ TRIAL DIE ~ six-pointed star, 1936 at centre, rev. MODEL at centre, 6.811g, 12h (Giordano T23.1; Dyer, "Proposed Coinage of Edward VIII", p. 22; Goldberg Auction 69, 29 May 2012, lot 4864 [NGC MS62] = DNW 90, 9 December 2010, lot 742; Buckland, Dix and Wood, Auction 1, lot 186 - "possibly unique"), minor surface marks and colourful tone overlying lustrous, original surfaces, one of three examples known, of great numismatic significance, not least in the context of King Edward VIII's personal frustration with the 'Threepenny bit'

Sold for
$9,000

Starting price
$2000