Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2021 ANA Auction 16-21 Aug 2021
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Burns remarks that each variety of these demy lions, or "demies," is associated with a corresponding silver issue as indicated by the lettering and ornamentation. While some varieties can also be matched to issues of the full lion, it seems these demies were also issued "while no corresponding coinage of pieces of the larger denomination took place."
From the Loch Ness Collection.
Ex: Lucien LaRiviere Collection (Spink - 4/2006) Lot # 38.
Ex: Seaby's Bulletin (5/1949) Item # G481.
Plated in Spink (4th ed., 2020).
Estimate: $6000 - $10000