Elizabeth II, unofficial "Pattern Double Florins" or "Model Four Shillings" (60), dated 1953, struck to a brilliant proof finish, struck in .925 silver (20), copper (20), golden alloy (20) (a metal akin to goloid used in the manufacture of 19th Century US pattern coins), laureate bust right, tiny DRG below, by Donald R Golder after M Gillick, ELIZABETH.II DEI GRATIA, rev. struck en medaille, crowned cruciform shields, emblems in angles, date at top, FID: DEF: BRITT: REG:, edge plain, diameter 36mm., brilliant as struck (60)

Lot 1989

1989

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Elizabeth II, unofficial "Pattern Double Florins" or "Model Four Shillings" (60), dated 1953, struck to a brilliant proof finish, struck in .925 silver (20), copper (20), golden alloy (20) (a metal akin to goloid used in the manufacture of 19th Century US pattern coins), laureate bust right, tiny DRG below, by Donald R Golder after M Gillick, ELIZABETH.II DEI GRATIA, rev. struck en medaille, crowned cruciform shields, emblems in angles, date at top, FID: DEF: BRITT: REG:, edge plain, diameter 36mm., brilliant as struck (60)

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Elizabeth II, unofficial "Pattern Double Florins" or "Model Four Shillings" (60), dated 1953, struck to a brilliant proof finish, struck in .925 silver (20), copper (20), golden alloy (20) (a metal akin to goloid used in the manufacture of 19th Century US pattern coins), laureate bust right, tiny DRG below, by Donald R Golder after M Gillick, ELIZABETH.II DEI GRATIA, rev. struck en medaille, crowned cruciform shields, emblems in angles, date at top, FID: DEF: BRITT: REG:, edge plain, diameter 36mm., brilliant as struck (60)

Special notice

VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer’s premium.

Further details

total mintage was 700 of each of these three metals