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HANOVER. Victoria. 1837-1901. Proof Pattern AR Halfcrown (32mm, 13.65 g, 12h). Jubilee coinage. London mint. By L.C. Wyon(?). Dated 1884. Crowned bust left / Crowned coat-of-arms within garter and collar; small officially engraved '5' at end of date. Cf. Davies 635; ESC 742; Bull 2797. Much as struck with a rich tone and deep cameo finish. Extremely rare.
Ex Colin Adams Collection (Spink 177, 1 December 2005), lot 719; H.M. Lingford Collection (purchased en bloc by Baldwin's, 1951).
This elegant Halfcrown is from a series of exceedingly rare patterns produced between 1880 and 1885 under the direction of the renowned sculptor Joseph Edgar Boehm. Boehm had been commissioned in 1879 to produce a new effigy of Queen Victoria for the coinage however the project was beset with delays due to Boehm's heavy workload and, in no small part, from objections raised by the Queen and her advisors to various models submitted by Boehm who favored 'strong realism'. The project would lead to the 'Jubilee head' coinage of 1887 to 1892. For more information see G. P. Dyer and Mark Stocker 'Edgar Boehm and the Jubilee Coinage,' BNJ 54 (1984) pp. 274–88. The coin offered here was not known to the authors.
Ex Colin Adams Collection (Spink 177, 1 December 2005), lot 719; H.M. Lingford Collection (purchased en bloc by Baldwin's, 1951).
This elegant Halfcrown is from a series of exceedingly rare patterns produced between 1880 and 1885 under the direction of the renowned sculptor Joseph Edgar Boehm. Boehm had been commissioned in 1879 to produce a new effigy of Queen Victoria for the coinage however the project was beset with delays due to Boehm's heavy workload and, in no small part, from objections raised by the Queen and her advisors to various models submitted by Boehm who favored 'strong realism'. The project would lead to the 'Jubilee head' coinage of 1887 to 1892. For more information see G. P. Dyer and Mark Stocker 'Edgar Boehm and the Jubilee Coinage,' BNJ 54 (1984) pp. 274–88. The coin offered here was not known to the authors.