William III, 1699, Shilling Proof SOLD

$12,800.00

PEDIGREE COIN EX H.E. MANVILLE COLLECTION EXCESSIVELY RARE PROOF

S3516/E1118 Fifth bust, plain edge proof, plain reverse. Extremely rare. Unpriced in Spink, listed only as extremely rare. A 1699 fourth bust, plain edge proof was in the Terner collection and graded by PCGS as a proof 64. Some hairlines on the obverse in front of the bust while the reverse has shows multiple die cracks indicating that the reverse die was fracturing. Possibly the only example is private hands. Bought Spinks sale Nov 1999 of the H.E. Manville collection, Bgt from Spinks, October 1981. NFDC

PEDIGREE COIN EX H.E. MANVILLE COLLECTION EXCESSIVELY RARE PROOF

S3516/E1118 Fifth bust, plain edge proof, plain reverse. Extremely rare. Unpriced in Spink, listed only as extremely rare. A 1699 fourth bust, plain edge proof was in the Terner collection and graded by PCGS as a proof 64. Some hairlines on the obverse in front of the bust while the reverse has shows multiple die cracks indicating that the reverse die was fracturing. Possibly the only example is private hands. Bought Spinks sale Nov 1999 of the H.E. Manville collection, Bgt from Spinks, October 1981. NFDC