Auction Catalogue

17 September 2013

Starting at 1:00 PM

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British and Scottish Coins and Countermarked Tokens from the Collection of the late Arthur Chesser

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 175

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17 September 2013

Hammer Price:
£6,500

George III (1760-1820), Bank of England, Pattern Five Shillings and Sixpence, 1811, types L/5, by J. Phillp, in silver, small laureate bust left, 6 berries in wreath, rev. value in wreath, stem pointing outwards, edge plain, 42mm, 26.57g/12h (ESC 203; L & S 121; Selig –; Bushman –). Virtually as struck, obverse of bright appearance, reverse toned, the die-pairing of the highest rarity £3,000-4,000