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George III (1760-1820), Pre-1816 issues, Specimen Shilling, 1787, by L. Pingo, in silver, bust right, rev. cruciform shields with crowns in angles, semée of hearts, edge plain, 5.76g/12h (ESC 2171; Eimer 85; Selig 1221). Small scratch to left of date, otherwise virtually as struck, attractively toned, rare £800-1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Coins from the C.J. Boismason Collection.

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Provenance: R.S. Archer Collection, Spink Auction 12, 19 November 1980, lot 336.

One of the coins intended for the sets prepared by Lewis Pingo for the Bank of England and other interested officials in September 1787 (Manville, BNJ 2004, pp.90-1)