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LOT 2589

Estimate
GBP (£) 80 - 100
EUR (€) 92 - 115
USD ($) 99 - 124

Sold for (Inc. bp): £104

ENGLISH MILLED COINS - VICTORIA - '1879' - PATINA THREE GRACES PATTERN CROWN
20TH CENTURY A.D.
(35.40 grams.).

By INA Ltd, Birmingham, for Spink, silver. Obv: profile bust with date below and VICTORIA DEI GRATIA legend. Rev: Three Graces with FACIAM EOS IN GENTEM UNAM legend; emblems in exergue. Edge: plain; hallmarked for London, 2001, 925 fine silver. Good extremely fine.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired TimeLine Auctions.
Property of a Kent gentleman.

LITERATURE:
See Spink Sale The Patina Collection, 11 July 2001, where similar items were offered.

FOOTNOTES:
These attractive retro 'pattern' coins were struck in copper-alloys, some with a golden hue, silver and gold to various designs; this type depicts the fabled Three Graces design, only officially used on some modern gold coins of Alderney and Royal Mint bullion issues.

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