Important British and World Coins

Miscellaneous, Royal Mint Trial Die, 1957, steel Trials (9), similar, all with toothed borders, 25mm, edges plain, viz. matt finish (2), 5.43g/12h, 5.47g/12h, bright finish (2), 5.54g/12h, 5.68g/12h, duller, soft metal, 4.18g/12h, very dark soft metal, 5.20g/12h, dark metal (3, all with varying degrees of collar damage), 5.17g/12h, 5.15g/12h, 5.10g/12h; steel Trial, similar to the last three but with edge grained, 5.18g/12h [10]. First two about extremely fine, last five about very fine and better, others virtually as struck (£150-200)

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:
Second and third DNW Auction 48, 30 November 2000, lot 293
Sixth reputed to have been recovered from the Tower Hill site by demolition workers