Pattern or Trial striking of obverse die, 1818, by Benedetto Pistrucci, struck in white metal on a Crown size flan, similar to preceding coin, but with smaller lettering in legend, the first G out of alignment, rev. blank, but heavily tooled, edge plain (cf.L&S 196), two light scratches across obverse, otherwise practically as struck, unrecorded, of the highest rarity

Details
Pattern or Trial striking of obverse die, 1818, by Benedetto Pistrucci, struck in white metal on a Crown size flan, similar to preceding coin, but with smaller lettering in legend, the first G out of alignment, rev. blank, but heavily tooled, edge plain (cf.L&S 196), two light scratches across obverse, otherwise practically as struck, unrecorded, of the highest rarity
Provenance
Glendining, 8 December 1977, lot 452
Spink Auction 14, 19 March 1981, lot 192

Lot Essay

See also colour illustration on page 8