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Unusual Emblematic Pattern Twelve Groats Featuring George V
George V (1910-36), Pattern silver Twelve Groats, 1914. Struck for Reginald Huth by John Pinches Ltd,
draped bust left, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIVS. V. DEI. GRATIA, Rev.
crowned cruciform emblematic shields, triune at center of garter star, emblems in angles, date either side
of top crown, denomination TWELVE GROATS in bottom half.BRI.REX. in upper half, edge incuse
SILVER otherwise plain, weight 22.82g (Bull 3705; ESC 403; L&S 26). Tiny rim nick, in PCGS holder
graded PR 63, Pop 1; the only example graded at PCGS. Only 2 examples graded higher in PF-64 at NGC.
and
extremely rare
, possibly the only one with SILVER inscribed on edge.
$2,000
Ex Alan Barr Collection, part one, Mark Rasmussen Numismatist, list 6, item 128.
PCGS certification 34312692.
Unique Matte Proof 1937 Threepence of King Edward VIII
Edward VIII (Jan-Dec 1936), half-silver matte Proof Threepence, 1937. Bare head left, HP below for
designer T Humphrey Paget, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, EDWARDVS VIII D: G:
BR: OMN: REX, Rev. struck en medaille, three interlinked rings of St Edmund, lower legend THREE-
PENCE, upper legend :FID: DEF: : IND: IMP: 1937, edge plain (Giordano P5b; cf Bull 4015 R7; ESC -;
S.p.512 note; cf KM.Pn125). Toned with some light flecks and spots, practically as struck, the only known
example with a matt finish, in NGC holder graded PF 61,
of the highest rarity thus.
$55,000
Ex Dr Alfred Globus, Stacks, New York Coin Convention Auction, 1st December 1999, lot 1003.
Ex Portraits of a Prince, collection of Joseph S Giordano, Spink Auction 206, 21st October 2010, lot 186.
NGC certification 696286-002. The matte proof coins of this period are of the highest rarity as they were only pro-
duced for photographic purposes for internal use within the Mint to go toward promoting the eventual coins to
the press when released. As Edward VIII’s coinage was never issued it seems only a few individual matte proofs of the
smaller denominations, had been produced by the time of the abdication. This coin is therefore unique at the cur-
rent time and was last sold publicly at auction in Stacks of New York in the late 1990s. For further reading of how
the proposed coinage progressed from start till the King’s abdication please see “The Proposed Coinage of Ed-
ward VIII” by G P Dyer, published by HMSO 1973. Maurice Bull did not list the matte proof for the silver threepence.