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Auction: 409 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale at NYINC
Lot: 66

Trio of Royal Mint Trials | Elizabeth II (1952-2022), Royal Mint Experimental Steel Trial Planchet, 1957, ROYAL MINT TRIAL DIE, star of David, date at centre, plain edge, rev. ROYAL MINT TRIAL DIE, star of David, date at centre, plain edge, 5.14g, 12h, small area of staining to reverse, with lustre, extremely fine, good very fine; Royal Mint Trial, Two-Pounds, 1994, ELIZABETH • II • DEI • GRATIA • REGINA • F • D •, third crowned head right, by Raphael Maklouf rev. ROYAL MINT TRIAL 1994, three-masted ship sailing into distance on choppy seas, edge milled and incuse lettered DECUS ET TUTAMEN ANNO REGNI XLVI, 12.03g, 12h, some bagmarks, otherwise with lustre, extremely fine, rare and of numismatic significance as the last occasion in which a regnal year will appear in Latin on an official British Coin trial; Euro Trials, Royal Mint Experimental Trial, Pattern for a 20-Cent, '1981', but struck c. 1994-1996, in nickel-silver, ROYAL MINT TRIAL, emblems of the United Kingdom below, sceptre within, rev. EXPERIMENTAL COIN 1981, crown and Royal shield, tower and rose flanking, ROYAL MINT in scroll beneath, edge plain, 5.35g, 12h, lustrous, uncirculated, very scarce (3)

Estimate
$400 to $600

Starting price
$280