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Very Rare Pattern Silver Halfcrown of King George III Dated 1817
George III (1760-1820), Pattern silver Halfcrown, 1817, small laureate head right, top right leaf points to upright of E, date below, legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA, rev. struck en medaille, crowned escutcheon of the Arms of Hanover at centre of crowned quartered shield of arms with garnished frame, WWP incuse on left garnish for Mint Master William Wellesley Pole, W incuse on right garnish for engraver Thomas Wyon Jnr., buckled garter motto surrounding in French, HONI. SOIT. Q MAL. Y. PENSE., legend and toothed border surrounding commences bottom left, BRITANNIARUM REX FID: DEF:, edge milled, weight 14.12g (Bull 2108 R4; ESC 627 R4; Davies 65). Attractively toned, a few tiny spots, practically as struck, extremely rare, has been graded and slabbed by NGC as PF63.
NGC certification 2722100-009.
These pattern Halfcrowns carry the small head obverse engraved by Thomas Wyon Junior of which the retouched version by Benedetto Pistrucci first appeared in currency this year. The reverse is a more heavily garnished proposal being tried out for this new version of the Halfcrown engraved by Thomas Wyon Junior (a cousin of William Wyon) who had showed a lot of promise as a young engraver at the Mint and became Chief Engraver at only 23 years of age in 1815. His career was tragically cut short by consumption to which he succumbed in September 1817.
Provenance:
Ex Harrington E Manville, collection of patterns and proofs, purchased by Spink and Son Ltd 1984.
Ex Herman Selig Collection, part II, Coins of George III, Spink Coin Auction 131, 2nd March 1999, lot 1214.
Ex Nihon Coin Auction, Tokyo, Japan, March 2009, lot 2047.
George III (1760-1820), Pattern silver Halfcrown, 1817, small laureate head right, top right leaf points to upright of E, date below, legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA, rev. struck en medaille, crowned escutcheon of the Arms of Hanover at centre of crowned quartered shield of arms with garnished frame, WWP incuse on left garnish for Mint Master William Wellesley Pole, W incuse on right garnish for engraver Thomas Wyon Jnr., buckled garter motto surrounding in French, HONI. SOIT. Q MAL. Y. PENSE., legend and toothed border surrounding commences bottom left, BRITANNIARUM REX FID: DEF:, edge milled, weight 14.12g (Bull 2108 R4; ESC 627 R4; Davies 65). Attractively toned, a few tiny spots, practically as struck, extremely rare, has been graded and slabbed by NGC as PF63.
NGC certification 2722100-009.
These pattern Halfcrowns carry the small head obverse engraved by Thomas Wyon Junior of which the retouched version by Benedetto Pistrucci first appeared in currency this year. The reverse is a more heavily garnished proposal being tried out for this new version of the Halfcrown engraved by Thomas Wyon Junior (a cousin of William Wyon) who had showed a lot of promise as a young engraver at the Mint and became Chief Engraver at only 23 years of age in 1815. His career was tragically cut short by consumption to which he succumbed in September 1817.
Provenance:
Ex Harrington E Manville, collection of patterns and proofs, purchased by Spink and Son Ltd 1984.
Ex Herman Selig Collection, part II, Coins of George III, Spink Coin Auction 131, 2nd March 1999, lot 1214.
Ex Nihon Coin Auction, Tokyo, Japan, March 2009, lot 2047.