Lot 1050
1050
George V, Pattern or trial Shilling, 1925, struck in lead, by G Kruger Gray, MODEL at centre, plain raised rim, rev. struck en medaille, crowned lion passant left on Crown, with larger tail, denomination and date below, FID. DEF IND. IMP, edge milled (cf. ESC 1449A R7), good very fine and of the highest rarity
George V, Pattern or trial Shilling, 1925, struck in lead, by G Kruger Gray, MODEL at centre, plain raised rim, rev. struck en medaille, crowned lion passant left on Crown, with larger tail, denomination and date below, FID. DEF IND. IMP, edge milled (cf. ESC 1449A R7), good very fine and of the highest rarity

Details
George V, Pattern or trial Shilling, 1925, struck in lead, by G Kruger Gray, MODEL at centre, plain raised rim, rev. struck en medaille, crowned lion passant left on Crown, with larger tail, denomination and date below, FID. DEF IND. IMP, edge milled (cf. ESC 1449A R7), good very fine and of the highest rarity

Lot Essay

Around 1923 it was decided that the reverses of the silver coinage were not satisfactory for striking purposes. This 1925 design would have been one of the first considered for the replacement of the existing coinage.