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CSNS Signature Sale 3073 25-26 & 29 Apr 2019
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George V silver Unofficial Proof Pattern Double Florin (4 Shillings) 1911 PR63 NGC, KM-X64a (?; edge not visible), ESC-3768 (R2; prev. 401), L&S-18 or 19 (R2; edge not visible). By John Pinches for Reginald Huth. A great rarity of the period, struck in a year when no other large-sized gold or silver pieces were produced, showcasing the only provisional portrait of George V draped in a Roman toga, and the triskeles set amongst the arms of the United Kingdom. A contemporary movement in Ireland pushed for an exchange of the classical royal emblems for native images of flora and fauna, which appear to have been taken up by Huth in his design of this pattern. Likely among the finest certified, and certainly the nicest of this date that we have handled, preserved without a hint of tone and a great velvetiness about the surfaces. While indicated as ESC-402 on the holder, the present specimen appears to almost assuredly be a silver striking on a non-thick planchet (likely reeded edge), as the remaining 'off-metal' strikings carry the name of the metal around the king's bust.
From the Lake County Collection
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD
George V silver Unofficial Proof Pattern Double Florin (4 Shillings) 1911 PR63 NGC, KM-X64a (?; edge not visible), ESC-3768 (R2; prev. 401), L&S-18 or 19 (R2; edge not visible). By John Pinches for Reginald Huth. A great rarity of the period, struck in a year when no other large-sized gold or silver pieces were produced, showcasing the only provisional portrait of George V draped in a Roman toga, and the triskeles set amongst the arms of the United Kingdom. A contemporary movement in Ireland pushed for an exchange of the classical royal emblems for native images of flora and fauna, which appear to have been taken up by Huth in his design of this pattern. Likely among the finest certified, and certainly the nicest of this date that we have handled, preserved without a hint of tone and a great velvetiness about the surfaces. While indicated as ESC-402 on the holder, the present specimen appears to almost assuredly be a silver striking on a non-thick planchet (likely reeded edge), as the remaining 'off-metal' strikings carry the name of the metal around the king's bust.
From the Lake County Collection
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD