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George III (1760-1820), Pattern Crown, 1817, by W. Wyon, in lead on a thick flan with a copper wash, laureate bust right, reverse emblematical figures representing the ‘Three Graces’, lion’s head over small thistle with straight stem at right, edge plain, struck en médaille, 47.09gm (L & S 157; ESC 227; cf. Selig 1191). Strictly fine but extremely rare (£400-500)

The rarity rating in ESC for this coin is over-stated