Lot 2529
Great Britain. Pattern silver Webb & Mills Crown (1820). ESC-221; KM-PnB80. George III. Plain edge. Marble-like portrait of the king facing right. Crowther points out that the reverse emblems are the English rose, Irish shamrock, Hanover horse and Scots thistle, with a tiny St George garter in the center. Linecar and Stone explain that Thomas Webb designed the portrait, George Mills the distinctive cruciform reverse, as commissioned by James Mudie, famous for his medals commemorating British victories. Scarce, but never popular, perhaps this curious piece deserves some re-consideration as a tribute to a dying king, for it must have been made just as George III was drawing his last breaths. Also, if you really want an example of this inexpensive pattern, perhaps this is the piece to bid for! Unlike the typical scruffy one that hits the market, here indeed is a superb and stunningly toned specimen, shimmering in bluish green and gold iridescence. This coin indeed must make all the others unexciting! NGC graded Proof 64.
Estimated Value $2,200 - 2,500.
The Cheshire Collection.
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