Pattern or Trial striking of obverse die for a Crown, 1818, by Benedetto Pistrucci, struck in lead, on a slightly larger flan, similar to preceding coin, with PISTRUCCI under truncation as before, however, not all letters struck up, toothed border fully apparent (L&S 176), practically as struck, of the highest rarity

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Pattern or Trial striking of obverse die for a Crown, 1818, by Benedetto Pistrucci, struck in lead, on a slightly larger flan, similar to preceding coin, with PISTRUCCI under truncation as before, however, not all letters struck up, toothed border fully apparent (L&S 176), practically as struck, of the highest rarity

Provenance

From the engraver's estate
Baron Philippe de Ferarri La Renotiere, Sotheby, 27 March 1922, lot 75 W Waite Sanderson, Glendining, 18 January 1939, lot 163
Capt H E G Paget, Glendining, 25 September 1946, lot 420
H M Lingford, Glendining, 24 October 1950, lot 476
Glendining, 26 November 1980, lot 135