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Auction 29 - The Lissner Collection  1-2 August 2014
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Lot 98

Estimate: 15 000 USD
Price realized: 37 500 USD
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CEYLON (SRI LANKA), Colonial. British. George III. 1760-1820. Proof Pattern AR 2 Rixdollars (34mm, 11.56 g, 6h). London mint. Dies by Thomas Wyon Jr. Dated 1812. KM Pn4; Pr. 252. In NGC encapsulation graded Proof 66 WINGS APPROVED. Gem toned proof over iridescent blue and violet surfaces.


Purchased from Meridian Coin Company, February 1971.

The companion to the 1 Stiver Pattern. One of the greatest British colonial rarities. The Climpson specimen, ex Ford, Chomley, Murdoch and Nobleman sold at Noble's in 2009 for 29,000 AUD (approx $26,000) hammer at the time.
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