British and World Coins, Numismatic Books

George III (1760-1820), Uniface portrait trial by J Barber, in silver, laureate head right within solid circular border, signed i barber f below, 2.31g. Extremely fine, attractively toned, very rare
£200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Collection of Sixpences formed by the late Alfred Bole.

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Provenance: SNC June 2001 (G 3105).

Barber was a London-based medallist, active c. 1809-1842, who worked for a time for the jewellers and medallists Rundell, Bridge & Rundell. His obverse portrait of the Prince Regent on the medallion for the Treaty of Paris, 1814, is paired with a reverse by T. Wyon Jr, whose family were involved with patterns for the new coinage of 1816. One might reasonably assume that the present pieces were Barber’s attempt to produce an acceptable coinage-size portrait of his own