Pattern or Trial striking of obverse die, 1817, by Benedetto Pistrucci, struck in white metal on a Crown sized flan, obverse similar to preceding coin, rev. with a tooled linear rim, edge plain (L&S 162), slight rim damage, striking flaw on rim, otherwise practically as struck, of the highest rarity

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Pattern or Trial striking of obverse die, 1817, by Benedetto Pistrucci, struck in white metal on a Crown sized flan, obverse similar to preceding coin, rev. with a tooled linear rim, edge plain (L&S 162), slight rim damage, striking flaw on rim, otherwise practically as struck, of the highest rarity
Provenance
W W Leycester, Sotheby, 15 June 1888, lot 13 (part)
H Montagu, portion from George I purchased by Spink and Son, 1890, lot 816
Glendining, 30 October 1974, lot 68
Spink Auction 14, 19 March 1981, lot 187