Pattern or Trial striking of obverse on a Crown-size flan, 1817, by Benedetto Pistrucci, struck in lead on a broad flan, laureate bust facing right tied with two ends, date below, GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA BRITANNIARUM REX F:D: rev. plain, edge plain (L&S 165), a little tarnished in parts, otherwise as struck, extremely rare

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Pattern or Trial striking of obverse on a Crown-size flan, 1817, by Benedetto Pistrucci, struck in lead on a broad flan, laureate bust facing right tied with two ends, date below, GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA BRITANNIARUM REX F:D: rev. plain, edge plain (L&S 165), a little tarnished in parts, otherwise as struck, extremely rare

Provenance

Capt. H E G Paget, Glendining, 25 September 1946, lot 412
H M Lingford, Glendining, 24 October 1950, lot 469
Glendining, 4 October 1962, lot 112
Glendining, 26 November 1980, lot 133

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