Watch List notes:

William III (1694-1702), Great Recoinage, London, Crown, 1696 OCTAVO, GEI for DEI Error, first laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, reading GEI GRA, curved breastplate, rev. crowned shields cruciform, seven strings to harp, nine billets, lettered edge upwards, 29.38g, 6h (Bull 1000 [R5]; ESC 91; Spink 3470), polished and lightly hairlined, peripheral striking softness, the bizarre and remarkable error otherwise clear, only good / fair, but very rare and residually lustrous.
Provenance
Schwer Coins, 14 May 1994
Estimate: £140.00 - £200.00