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ANA Signature Sale 3056 3 Aug 2017
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Edward VII Pattern Crown 1902 MS64 NGC, Royal mint, Sun mm, ESC-3563 (old ESC-363) (R3). A superb specimen of this rare Pattern Crown that directly references two important periods of the history of Britain: the overall design directly emulates the Tower Crowns of Charles I issued under Parliament (the Sun mintmark was used from 1645-1646) while the Londinia monogram in the obverse field is taken from the historic Monogram pennies of London issued under Alfred the Great. The tone is magnificent, a blend of argent-gray with faintly iridescent highlights, while the centering is only slightly off-center, enough to give the piece the look of a hammered coin without any of the module being off-flan since it is clearly a milled coin, and a sharply struck milled coin at that. A rare offering, and a must for any serious collector of British Patterns.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 13000-15000 USD
Edward VII Pattern Crown 1902 MS64 NGC, Royal mint, Sun mm, ESC-3563 (old ESC-363) (R3). A superb specimen of this rare Pattern Crown that directly references two important periods of the history of Britain: the overall design directly emulates the Tower Crowns of Charles I issued under Parliament (the Sun mintmark was used from 1645-1646) while the Londinia monogram in the obverse field is taken from the historic Monogram pennies of London issued under Alfred the Great. The tone is magnificent, a blend of argent-gray with faintly iridescent highlights, while the centering is only slightly off-center, enough to give the piece the look of a hammered coin without any of the module being off-flan since it is clearly a milled coin, and a sharply struck milled coin at that. A rare offering, and a must for any serious collector of British Patterns.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 13000-15000 USD