BRITISH COINS, George III, Copper Pattern Crown, 1820, engraved by Jean Pierre Droz after the Monneron Brothers pattern by Dupre, Hercules seated on rock by column attempting to break a fasces of sticks across his knee, date over laurel wreath in exergue, VIS VNITATE FORTIOR, toothed border surrounding, rev struck en médaille, crowned quartered shield of arms, DECVS ET TVTAMEN, 28.28g (L&S 212; ESC 244 R2). Light friction to highest points, otherwise practically as struck, toned and rare.
ex Spink Numismatic Circular, April 2006, item MS7070, featured on the front cover, from a collection of Georgian coins formed mainly in the 1950s
Estimate: £1500-2000