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21–23 September 2016

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Lot

№ 1270

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22 September 2016

Hammer Price:
£110,000

George III (1760-1820), Bank of England, Pattern Dollar, 1804, by W.J. Taylor after J. Phillp and C.H. Küchler, in gold, trial double obverse striking, Dickinson types M/Kii, laureate bust left, * . * on truncation, georgius iii dei gratia rex., rev. georgius iii · d : g · rex, laureate bust right, k on truncation, edge plain, 38.85g/12h (WR 148, this coin; Dickinson NC December 1999, 210Z, this coin; ESC –; Selig –; Bushman –). Minimal hairlining, otherwise virtually as struck and probably UNIQUE £100,000-150,000

Provenance: J.G. Murdoch Collection, Part III, Sotheby Auction, 15-19 March 1904, lot 205

Purchased from the Murdoch sale by Evan Roberts (1836-1918), a dealer and collector of clocks and watches, this and other coins in his collection remained in the Evans family until 2008.