STRUCK THRICE WITH MAKERS' MARK OF ELEY & FEARN.
Details
A GEORGE II SHILLING COIN OF 1758,
STRUCK THRICE WITH MAKERS' MARK OF ELEY & FEARN.
STRUCK THRICE WITH MAKERS' MARK OF ELEY & FEARN.
Special notice
VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.
Further details
William Eley (I) & William Fearn entered their first mark in 1797 so perhaps the coin was simply used as a convenient surface to practice striking their new mark since such an old coin would have presumably been out of circulation by then.