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Auction: 1009 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins, Commemorative Medals & Numismatic Books
Lot: 200

George III, pattern Bank of England Five Shillings and Sixpence, Soho Mint, 1811, in copper on 42mm flan, 25.30g, bust of king left, rev. value and date within wreath, die axis 0º (ESC 206; Dickinson, SNC Dec. 2003, p. 313, var. 1, second specimen – this piece), about FDC, deeply and attractively toned, a very rare early striking of the ´wreath´ type Estimate £ 500-600 provenance Spink auction 147, 4-5 October 2000, lot 594

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