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 Roosevelt and Churchill 1/4oz Gold 25 Pounds. A Special Relationship. Queen Elizabeth II. Trial of the Pyx Test Piece. #2 of 8. Jessopp Facsimile Signature Label. Brilliant Uncirculated (NGC).

7.8 g (1/4oz) of .9999 Fine Gold. 22mm. An incredibly rare and enigmatic issue said to be struck exclusively for a U.S. pension fund, though just a single example was known to collectors before this Trial of the Pyx offering. That example sold for £2,400 in an online auction in February 2023, and the present offering will surely generate even more excitement among collectors. The design celebrates the special relationship between the Unites States and the United Kingdom and features an image of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill designed by David Lawrence. While the exact mintage remains unknown, this specimen ranks as #2 of only 8 such pieces included in our Trial of the Pyx auction.

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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