Lot 1082
Sale 62 · Important Australian & World Coins & Banknotes
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Description
George IV, uniface crown, in Barton's metal, 1825, bare head left, (cf.S.3806; ESC.256). Only three or four examples known of regular type and unique as a uniface example, nearly FDC.
Barton's metal is a copper sheet on to which is rolled and pressed a thin sheet of gold, it is a different process to gilding and requires more gold. The copper core shows on the edge and sometimes some gold presses a little over the edge as in this coin above.
- Estimate
- $3,500
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $2,800