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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Coinsandmedals, post: 3740175, member: 107435&quot;]I am more than happy to help when I can! That was a great idea to copy the page from the digital book. I thought about scanning my hardcopy but it seemed liked a bad idea to put a book that old through the stress. Good thinking! </p><p><br /></p><p>You bring up a good point about the weight. That very well may have been one of the tidbits that made Montagu think of these originally as patterns. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am not entirely sure that this piece was officially gilded. I could be completely wrong about that, but I have never come across any indication that any were officially gilded. That is by no means to say that it is not a possibility. Stranger things have certainly happened. Although I can not speak to this era, in particular, it is not uncommon to find circulated gilt pattern pieces from the George III era. For example, here is a picture of a 1788 proof gilt pattern halfpenny and a 1797 gilt proof 2 pence struck at the Soho Mint. These coins were not meant to circulate but spent some time being passed around. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1003175[/ATTACH] </p><p>And here is yet another example of a gilt proof 2 pence that found its way into circulation. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1003176[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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