Details
Pattern Five-pounds, 1820, by Benedetto Pistrucci, similar to preceding coin, but with a plain edge, 39.81g. (L&S 209; Montagu -; Murdoch 175 [this coin]; Nobleman 23; Douglas-Morris -), lightly scuffed both sides, a noticeable graze across neck, two small edge knocks above head, reverse with scratch above horse's head, otherwise extremely fine, with some brilliance, of the highest rarity, only two known examples of this type
Provenance
J G Murdoch, Sotheby, 15 March 1904, lot 175
Mortimer Hammell, Stack's, New York, 15 September 1982, lot 356