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Auction 21171  6 Jan 2022
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Lot 9230

Starting price: 40 GBP
Price realized: 95 GBP
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MINT ERROR MS63 | The First Lettered Error Edge Mule on a British Coin Since 1847 | Elizabeth II (1952 -), 'Shakespeare' Two-Pounds, 2016, 'Tragedies', fifth crowned head right, by Jody Clark, rev. Skull and Rose, FOR KING AND COUNTRY milled edge downwards, 12.05g, 12h (Spink K40A), a small edge bump at 11 o'clock and nailmarks to neck, the characteristic linear die wear to right of skull are more subtle, otherwise lustrous, good extremely fine and extremely rare, an historic error, the first to be encountered on a British coin since the DECIMO SEPTIMO muling of the 1847 Gothic Crown, in NGC holder, graded MINT ERROR MS63 (Cert. #6135244-002).
Preliminary investigation by this cataloguer of reported examples would suggest this rare muling, apparently produced in one mint journey with one pair of dies may affect as many as 1 in 100 or as few as 1 in 10,000 of the 'Tragedy' 2016 Commemorative issue £2 coins. The reported mintage was 4,615,000 pieces
Estimate: £50 - £80
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