Details
Each shaped circular with gadrooned border, engraved with Royal arms, engraved underneath with initials EA/Fs, EDC, numbered and with old and new scratchweights
934 in. (25 cm.) diameter
224 oz. 4 dwt. (6,974 gr.)
The arms and initials E.D.C. are those of Ernest Augustus (1771-1837), Duke of Cumberland, fifth son of George III, King of Great Britain and Hanover. In 1837, Princess Victoria became Queen of Great Britain and in accordance with Salic law, her uncle Ernest Augustus ascended the throne of Hanover. The initials E.A.F.s (Ernest Augustus Fidei commissum) denotes the entailed estate of Ernest Augustus within the Royal Treasuries.
Provenance
Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, later King of Hanover (1771-1851).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 13 April 2011, lot 276.
Special notice
Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.
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