Proof Gothic Crown, 1847, by William Wyon, Gothic crowned bust left, VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITTANIAR.REG:F:D in Gothic script, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, emblems in angles, TUEATUR UNITA DEUS ANNO DOM MDCCCXLVII, edge, with rose and crown stops, .DECUS. ET. TUTAMEN. ANNO. REGNI UNDECIMO, inverted lettering (ESC 288; EMC 1412; L&S  57; Davies 471; S.3883), very attractively toned, an exceptional specimen, mint state
Proof Gothic Crown, 1847, by William Wyon, Gothic crowned bust left, VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITTANIAR.REG:F:D in Gothic script, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, emblems in angles, TUEATUR UNITA DEUS ANNO DOM MDCCCXLVII, edge, with rose and crown stops, .DECUS. ET. TUTAMEN. ANNO. REGNI UNDECIMO, inverted lettering (ESC 288; EMC 1412; L&S 57; Davies 471; S.3883), very attractively toned, an exceptional specimen, mint state

Details
Proof Gothic Crown, 1847, by William Wyon, Gothic crowned bust left, VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITTANIAR.REG:F:D in Gothic script, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, emblems in angles, TUEATUR UNITA DEUS ANNO DOM MDCCCXLVII, edge, with rose and crown stops, .DECUS. ET. TUTAMEN. ANNO. REGNI UNDECIMO, inverted lettering (ESC 288; EMC 1412; L&S 57; Davies 471; S.3883), very attractively toned, an exceptional specimen, mint state
Provenance
Purchased Spink and Son, 1973

Lot Essay

8,000 struck