1880 Victoria Silver Proof Pattern Half Sovereign
The Single Finest. Top Pop. PCGS - Proof 64
Type:
Victoria Pattern Half Sovereign
Description:
Wilson and Rasmussen: 354 (Silver)
Engraver's Model and Pattern for a Half-Sovereign, 1880, from the Sixpence Obverse and the Reverse Puncheon of an 1817 Sovereign, by Leonard Charles Wyon after Benedetto Pistrucci.
This unique coin struck in silver is the single finest certified. Top population. Please view the population report here.
Provenance: Heritage Auctions, ANA Signature Sale 3066, August 17, 2018, lot 30333.
LCA 159, 3 December 2017, lot 812.
Baldwins 13, 28 May 1997, lot 2040* - "brilliant and toned, of the highest rarity"