Pattern Half-sovereign, 1820, by Thomas Wyon, large laureate bust right, similar to preceding coin, edge plain, 3.96g. (Montagu 564; Murdoch 199; Nobleman 58/60 [58 this coin]; Douglas-Morris 138), a beautiful specimen, brilliant as struck, exceedingly rare

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Pattern Half-sovereign, 1820, by Thomas Wyon, large laureate bust right, similar to preceding coin, edge plain, 3.96g. (Montagu 564; Murdoch 199; Nobleman 58/60 [58 this coin]; Douglas-Morris 138), a beautiful specimen, brilliant as struck, exceedingly rare

Provenance

Baron Philippe de Ferarri La Renotiere, Sotheby, 27 March 1922, lot 58
V M Brand, dispersed post mortem from 1932
Capt. V Hewitt, purchased by Spink and Son, 1967
J G Brooker, purchased by Spink and Son, August 1972

Lot Essay