Lot 2583
Great Britain. Proof silver Crown, 1826. S.3806; ESC-257; KM-699. George IV. "SEPTIMO" inscribed edge (not viewable in the slab). One-year type, struck only as a Proof, today extremely difficult to locate as fine as the present specimen. Most are knocked about and ugly. Even the better ones, without much abuse, tend to be dingy gray in color. However, here we have for your bidding pleasure an unusually well-preserved Proof with deep blue toning. The owner of the Cheshire Collection tells us that he purchased an original, full set of 1826 Proofs just to acquire this crown! He has owned it for a number of years, and long ago disposed of the other pieces from the set. Mintage is not known but has long been thought to be about 400 pieces, as this was not the Coronation set but rather a set issued in very limited numbers to celebrate the new portrait so desired by the king himself, engraved after the marble bust of his majesty by Chantrey. This one would certainly have pleased the old boy! NGC graded Proof 64.
Estimated Value $6,000 - 7,500.
The Cheshire Collection.
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| Realized $9,200 |
