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№ 173

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17 September 2013

Hammer Price:
£5,800

George III (1760-1820), Bank of England, Pattern mule Five Shillings and Sixpence, 1811, Dickinson types C/4ii, unsigned [by J. Phillp], in silver, laureate bust right, leaf to centre of e, :c.h.k on truncation, rev. Britannia seated left, flaw across upper left quarter of shield, edge plain, 42mm, 27.88g/12h (ESC 194; L & S 105; Selig –; Bushman 318). Brilliant and virtually as struck, toned, extremely rare £3,000-4,000

Provenance: Glendining Auction, 9 December 1964, lot 389