Important British and World Coins

Elizabeth II (1952-, Trial 50 Pence, on a seven-sided cupro-nickel flan, large numerical mark of value both sides, edge plain, 30mm, 13.63g/12h; together with a struck seven-sided cupro-nickel blank, edge plain, 30mm, 13.61g, and a similar un-struck blank, edge plain, 30mm, 13.53g [3]. First virtually as struck and extremely rare, second extremely fine, last with test scratch, fine (£80-100)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Joanna Tansley Collection of Patterns, Proofs and Coining Trials.

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Provenance:
Spink Auction 140, 16 November 1999, lot 582 (part).

First only illustrated. In Appendix 1 of the Royal Mint Report, 1968, it was stated that ‘considerable trial work was carried out on the 50 new penny coin.’ Because the final selection was announced in December 1968, it may be presumed that the ‘50’ trials in this and the following three lots were struck sometime in 1968 at Tower Hill. Shaped trials of seven, ten and twelves sides were made, with the final selection of the seven-sided coin on a 30mm flan echoing the size criteria described in the 1966 report (see previous lot)