Coins, Historical Medals & Paper Money

Victoria (1837-1901), Proof Britannia Groat, 1857, a mule with obv. of the Threepence, edge grained, 1.88g/12h (ESC 3355 [1955]; S 3913; cf. Baldwin FPL Summer 2012, 89 and DNW 141, 341). Brilliant mint state, toned, a great rarity and perhaps the finest specimen available to commerce; only two others traced by the cataloguer, both in inferior condition
£2,000-3,000

Provenance: E.R. Lax Collection [from Baldwin 1971]