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Very Rare W. WYON. Pattern Crown of King William IV
William IV (1830-37), Proof silver Crown, 1831. Engraved by William Wyon, bare head right, W.WYON.
raised on truncation, legend GULIELMUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D: toothed border around
rim both sides, Rev. inverted die axis, quartered shield of arms with a crowned escutcheon of the Arms of
Hanover, within Order of the Garter upon crowned robed mantle, date below ANNO 1831, edge plain,
weight 27.84g (Bull 2460; Davies 301; L&S 3; ESC 273 R4; S 3833; cf KM 715). Attractively toned, some
hairline marks with nick at rear of neck, and practically as struck, and
extremely rare
, in NGC holder graded
PF 63, Pop 1; only 3 graded higher at NGC, 1 in PF-64, 1 in PF-64 Cameo, 1 in PF-65. None graded at
PCGS for the variety.
$40,000
Ex The Willis Collection, part II, Glendining, 7th October 1991, lot 559.
Ex Spink Coin Auction, 27th September 2007, lot 675.
Ex St James Auction 7, 8th February 2008, lot 442.
NGC certification 2724321-002. These pattern crowns with the designer name in full raised on the truncation were perhaps consid-
ered too bold a design at the time as the more regular plain edge proof crown of this date that appears in the proof sets merely has
the designer initials W.W. incuse on the truncation. The full rendering of the Wyon name is much rarer than the more regular coin.