Important British and World Coins

Miscellaneous, Plating Trial, c. 1970, in conjunction with the British Steel Corporation, in chromium-plated steel, crowned arms dividing Tower Mint logo and a rose, royal mint on banner below, trial to left of crown, rev. hour-glass shaped flask, b s c to left, c r 17 to right, edge grained, 23mm, 4.96g/12h. Some scratches on reverse and has been cleaned, about very fine and extremely rare; no others believed extant outside the Royal Mint (£50-80)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Joanna Tansley Collection of Patterns, Proofs and Coining Trials.

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Provenance:
DNW Auction 36, 12 June 1998, lot 178.

The British Steel Corporation was formed in July 1967. It was privatised in 1988 and merged with Koninklijke Hoogovens to form Corus in 1999. The cr on the reverse indicates chrome