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George III 1817 'INCORRUPTA' gold Pattern proof Crown, NGC PF63+ UCAM

George III (1760-1820), Pattern Crown, 1817, struck in gold, "Incorrupta" design engraved by William Wyon, laureate and draped bust facing right, the wreath with six berries tied with ribbon, the drapery with a rose fastener, design and lettering stippled to varying degrees giving frosted appearance that especially contrasts between skin and drapery in portrait, W. WYON: in small letters immediately below rear of drapery, date figures below at bottom of obverse, legend surrounding design, GEORGIUS III D: G: BRITANNIARUM REX, the final letter overlapped by front of drapery, toothed border and raised rim surrounding both sides, rev. struck en medaille, crowned quartered shield of arms, with crowned escutcheon of the Arms of Hanover at centre, interior of larger crown frosted, legend surrounding, INCORRUPTA FIDES VERTIASQUE, edge plain, weight 48.61g (ESC 230 R5; Bull 2030 R5; Linecar and Stone 160; Milled Silver Coinage (1925) p.187 No.14a; Montagu 566; Murdoch 200; Nobleman 67A; Wilson & Rasmussen 208 R5; Davies 23). Amongst the rarest of gold strikings of pattern crowns, there were apparently no more than seven struck in gold of this pattern by Wyon, with an attractive underlying red hue in the presumed copper alloy of the fine gold, a little double struck in parts giving a doubling of the obverse profile and more so the legend which is "ghosted" in its upper portion but by no means detracts as such pattern pieces received more than one blow of the dies, one of Wyon's most attractive and life-like portraits emulating the classic design for Oliver Cromwell by Thomas Simon and using the stippling technique to frost the design in a cameo contrast to the brilliant fields, a few light hairlines evident and has been slabbed and graded by NGC as PF63+ Ultra Cameo, of the highest rarity with no more than three of the seven struck in commerce today, an unrivalled opportunity to secure a piece of numismatic art.