Stack's Bowers Galleries

February 2024 World CCO Auction  –  13 - 14 February 2024

Stack's Bowers Galleries, February 2024 World CCO Auction

Live Sessions: Historic Test Pieces from the 2023 Trial of the Pyx

Part A: Tu, 13.02.2024, from 4:00 PM CET
Part B: We, 14.02.2024, from 4:00 PM CET
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Description

2022 Britannia 2oz Silver 5 Pounds. Three Ages of Women. Queen Elizabeth II. Trial of the Pyx Test Piece. #2 of 9. Jessopp Facsimile Signature Label. Brilliant Proof (NGC).

62.42 g (2oz) of .999 Fine Silver. 40.00mm. This inspiring issue was struck to celebrate 350 years of the effigy Britannia on featured on British coins. It boasts a vibrant new design by the Italian artist and sculptor Sandra Deiana depicting portraits of Britannia at three different ages, which takes inspiration by Gustav Klimt's classic 1905 painting 'The Three ages of Woman'. Struck in an impressive format of 2oz of pure silver, it is as visually stunning as it is historically significant. This specimen is #2 of only 9 offered in this Trial of the Pyx sale.

From a Collection of Historic Test Pieces from the 2023 Trial of the Pyx, Presented on Behalf of The Royal Mint.

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