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LOT 3604
Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II Blank Error One Pound. Dated 2017.
ELIZABETH II D. G. REG . F . D, fifth crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II to right, wearing the George IV State Diadem, with holographic image below and denomination as incuse micro-legend around the edge / ONE POUND, English rose, Welsh leek, Scottish thistle and Northern Irish shamrock emerging from one stem within royal coronet, with the minting year as incuse micro-legend around the rim. For prototype cf. KM 1378. Extremely Fine. Lustrous, extremely rare and exceptional. Apparently unique.(8.57gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Wiltshire, UK, collector.
FootnotesThis One Pound coin of the new type (issued 2017) has been struck on a metal error blank, rather than on the bi-metallic flan that should have been used; such occurrences are extremely rare.
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LOT 3604
Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II Blank Error One Pound.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Near Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Great Britain. Stuart, Charles II CU Farthing. 1660-1685.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Near Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
