Great Britain: George III Pattern Shilling by Milton 1798,...

Description

George III Pattern Shilling by Milton 1798, ESC1243 (R6), in silver, Plain Edge, PF62 NGC, a stunning and extremely rare piece featuring a very large laureate bust facing right of King George, looking every bit the Roman emperor, deeply engraved, the date below (one of the few British coins dated 1798), normal titles surrounding the portrait; reverse features an extraordinary, also large, royal shield, crowned; the Hanover arms are far more beautifully detailed and drawn here than on any ordinary coin, and all this is surrounded by large block-capital style letters, this legend consisting of Latin abbreviations of all the royal titles. The numerical grade assigned to this gorgeous coin seems overly stringent, as the surfaces are all original even if dark gray in tone, the only noticeable "detriments" (they do not bother the cataloguer at all) being tiny marks on the plain rims, which are beveled. This is a wonderful coin, deliciously rare, which every serious pattern or George III collector should see and study or examine closely. Only one lucky bidder will secure it. Most of the other of the few known examples are in museum collections. The cataloguer has seen just one or two other examples in some 35 years, and last described this specimen for a sale in London some five years ago. It's one of the highlights of the British section of this sale.

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