| Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > 2023 Trial of the Pyx Auction | Auction date: 13 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1199 Price realized: 320 USD (Approx. 299 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: 2022 Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Piedfort Silver 5 Pounds. First Platinum Jubilee Assayed. Queen Elizabeth II. Trial of the Pyx Test Piece. Jessopp Facsimile Signature Label. Brilliant Proof (NGC). 56.56 g of .925 Sterling Silver. 38.61mm. This sizeable Piedfort was struck in double the thickness of 925 sterling silver as the standard £5 coin and is a fitting memento to celebrate the first ever Platinum Jubilee of a British Monarch. The obverse depicts the final coinage portrait of Her Majesty The Queen by Jody Clark. The reverse features an elaborate royal mantle design which was inspired by the mantle, or robe, worn by Her Majesty at the coronation in 1953 and also by the designs on the coinage of King William IV. 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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| Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > 2023 Trial of the Pyx Auction | Auction date: 13 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1238 Price realized: 100 USD (Approx. 93 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: 2022 Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Piedfort Silver 50 Pence. First Platinum Jubilee Assayed. Queen Elizabeth II. Trial of the Pyx Test Piece. Jessopp Facsimile Signature Label. Brilliant Proof (NGC). 16.00 g of .925 Sterling Silver. 27.30mm. A delightful modern treasure struck in the double-thick Piedfort format. Accompanying the final coinage portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is a bold, graphical celebration on the reverse by the design agency Osborne Ros displaying a prominent "70" to mark the Queen's seven decade reign. A truly historic issue that represents the very first time the 50 pence denomination has been used to celebrate a royal event. 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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| Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > 2023 Trial of the Pyx Auction | Auction date: 13 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1239 Price realized: 120 USD (Approx. 112 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: 2022 Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Piedfort Silver 50 Pence. First Platinum Jubilee Assayed. Queen Elizabeth II. Trial of the Pyx Test Piece. Jessopp Facsimile Signature Label. Brilliant Proof (NGC). 16.00 g of .925 Sterling Silver. 27.30mm. A delightful modern treasure struck in the double-thick Piedfort format. Accompanying the final coinage portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is a bold, graphical celebration on the reverse by the design agency Osborne Ros displaying a prominent "70" to mark the Queen's seven decade reign. A truly historic issue that represents the very first time the 50 pence denomination has been used to celebrate a royal event. 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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| Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > 2023 Trial of the Pyx Auction | Auction date: 13 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1240 Price realized: 120 USD (Approx. 112 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: 2022 Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Piedfort Silver 50 Pence. First Platinum Jubilee Assayed. Queen Elizabeth II. Trial of the Pyx Test Piece. Jessopp Facsimile Signature Label. Brilliant Proof (NGC). 16.00 g of .925 Sterling Silver. 27.30mm. A delightful modern treasure struck in the double-thick Piedfort format. Accompanying the final coinage portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is a bold, graphical celebration on the reverse by the design agency Osborne Ros displaying a prominent "70" to mark the Queen's seven decade reign. A truly historic issue that represents the very first time the 50 pence denomination has been used to celebrate a royal event. 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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| Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > 2023 Trial of the Pyx Auction | Auction date: 13 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1225 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: 2022 Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Gold 1/2 Sovereign. First Platinum Jubilee Assayed. Queen Elizabeth II. Trial of the Pyx Test Piece. Jessopp Facsimile Signature Label. Brilliant Uncirculated (NGC). 3.99 g of .9167 Fine Gold. 19.3mm. Representing the first assayed issue of Elizabeth II's Jubilee, this 1/2 Sovereign holds quite a bit of history on its compact flan. When one additionally considers the Trial of the Pix process this specimen has been subjected to, its appeal only grows. 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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| Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > 2023 Trial of the Pyx Auction | Auction date: 13 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1226 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: 2022 Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Gold 1/2 Sovereign. First Platinum Jubilee Assayed. Queen Elizabeth II. Trial of the Pyx Test Piece. Jessopp Facsimile Signature Label. Brilliant Uncirculated (NGC). 3.99 g of .9167 Fine Gold. 19.3mm. Representing the first assayed issue of Elizabeth II's Jubilee, this 1/2 Sovereign holds quite a bit of history on its compact flan. When one additionally considers the Trial of the Pix process this specimen has been subjected to, its appeal only grows. From a Collection of Historic Test Pieces from the 2023 Trial of the Pyx, Presented on Behalf of The Royal Mint. |  |
