Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

Edward VIII (1936), Pattern Halfcrown, 1937, by T.H. Paget, a plaster cast taken from the matrix with the ship design eventually used on the Halfpenny (Dyer pl.F, 3). Excessively rare and very important (£500-700)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The David Cambridge Collection of Coins of Edward VIII.

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Provenance:
T.H. Paget Collection, Sotheby Auction, 15-16 November 1984, lot 755 (part).

For the story of how Paget’s design based on Sir Francis Drake’s Golden Hind, originally proposed for the halfcrown but subsequently recommended for the halfpenny, see Dyer, pp.15-19

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