Royal Mint Trial Piece undated (c.1962-63) Obverse draped figure of Britannia, seated on a stool, striking a coin on a pedestal BRITANNIA MONETA, Reverse: Small 10 , no legend, 11.14 grammes, UNC, the reverse with a minor handling mark. Similar to ESC P.D.S.3. Trial coins of this series were struck for the 'Decimal Currency Committee' which had been appointed in December 1961 to advise on the most convenient and practical form that a Decimal currency might take. The Trial coins were circulated at a series of meetings by the Deputy Master of the Mint Mr. J.H.James CB.
Royal Mint Trial Piece 1957 25mm diameter in bronze, Obverse draped figure of Britannia, seated on a stool, striking a coin on a pedestal BRITANNIA MONETA, Reverse: 1957 within a 6-pointed star ROYAL MINT TRIAL DIE, Lustrous UNC with some scratches in the obverse field
DecimalOne Pound edge lettering trials (2) both blanks with lettered edges, the first with DECUS ET TUTAMEN on a plain edge, 6.85 grammes, the second with DECUS ET TUTAMEN ANNO REGNI XXXI in italic font with a Cross Crosslet privy mark after TUTAMEN, 7.72 grammes both VF, along with a resin impression 65mm diameter of possibly a proposed design and two further paper impressions of the same design, , these accompanied by two booklets by the Royal Mint, the first entitled 'The United Kingdom Coinage' July 1987, the second entitled 'Proposals for a £1 coin and a 20p Coin' January 1981, these both in good condition
Royal Mint Trial Designs compiled by a Mr.A.Wiseman, who was paid by the Royal Mint to make these designs, which include the original hand drawn sketches. The Mint subsequently chose not to use them, apart from the Gateshead Millennium Bridge idea, which was then used on a similar design on the One Pound coin. Some design ideas are included which were used on the Queen's Beasts series. The subjects cover Heraldic, Fauna, Sir Christopher Wren, Castles and Palaces and other supplementary designs. There are a total of 28 designs with 2-5 drawings and photos of each in a large book. This is a unique book purchased by the Vendor from the artist. The drawings depict many elegant designs and would make an interesting addition to any Numismatic Library
Royal Mint Trial Piece One Pound 2015 12-sided Bimetallic issue, Reverse with crowned shield on inner section , and THE ROYAL MINT and TRIAL PIECE in the outer section EF with some contact marks
10 Units Special Trial Design , struck in aluminium or white metal, Obverse: SPECIAL TRIAL DESIGN around 10, UNITS below, Reverse: similar but with a C inside the loop of the 0, Plain edge, 4.31 grammes, GVF, we note a similar example was sold in the J.Tansley Collection DNW September 2005 (Lot 479, hammer price £50) where it was stated to be the only example extant outside of the Royal Mint, this example of a slightly different weight so clearly a third example, Extremely Rare
Royal MintTrial Dies 1957 Britannia Moneta legend with Britannia striking coins, struck in cupro-nickel (10) weight range 5.17 to 5.33 grammes VF to EF
Trial Pieces (2), Birmingham Mint, 26mm diameter in cupro-nickel, undated Reverse: Manufacturers of Non-Ferrous Alloys, in centre: 'In Sheets Strip Wire Blanks Tubes Stampings, Etc. and Coinage' in 7 lines, Plain Edge, A/UNC with a small toning spot on the reverse, Royal Mint 1957 Britannia Moneta/6-point star 25mm diameter with scalloped edge, About EF with the appearance of a 'hand-cut' edge
Royal Mint Trial Strikes (3) each 25mm diameter, the first 1927 Obverse Britannia striking coin, BRITANNIA MONETA, Reverse 1927 within 6-pointed star ROYAL MINT TRIAL DIE, in aluminium?, 1.75 grammes, A/UNC, the second with Obverse and Reverse the same, Britannia striking coin, BRITANNIA MONETA 4.19 grammes, EF with the edge damaged, perhaps as a metal test, the third with Obverse and Reverse the same 1957 within 6-pointed star ROYAL MINT TRIAL DIE 4.18 grammes About EF, again the edge showing damage at fairly even intervals, perhaps as a metal test, an interesting trio
Royal Mint Trial for 25 Pence, seven sided EXPERIMENTAL COIN 1981 around coat of arms ROYAL MINT beneath reverse, obverse ROYAL MINT TRIAL around crowned orb Unc and rare
Royal Mint Trials (8) for 2 Euro Cent undated, each 23mm diameter, one side having the Crowned Coat of Arms flanked by Castle and Rose with ROYAL MINT on a ribbon below, the other having a number within a wreath, plain edge, in a variety of different metals Lustrous UNC
Royal Mint Trial for 2 Euro Cent undated, each side having the Crowned Coat of Arms flanked by Castle and Rose with ROYAL MINT on a ribbon below, grooved edge, Lustrous UNC
Royal MintTrial Dies (16) 1927 to 1960s a collection of many different designs and metals, some showing Britannia, others with Coat of Arms, or numeric reverses, many rare and previously unseen by this cataloguer, EF-UNC
Royal Mint related items (2) Royal Mint Trial Die 25mm diameter in cupro-nickel Obverse BRITANNIA MONETA showing a coin being struck, Reverse ROYAL MINT TRIAL DIE date 1957 within six-pointed star UNC with some lustre, Token undated square with rounded corners struck in iron and uniface, ROYAL MINT CANTEEN with 1 in centre VF scarce
Royal MintTrial Dieundated in silver weighing 1 troy ounce 36mm diameter Obverse BRITANNIA MONETA showing a coin being struck, Reverse THE ROYAL MINT LONDON Buildings, we have seen copper and bronze examples before, but not this large Silver piece, GVF
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