Malta: 1985 25 Cents PCGS SP63 Pattern Strike King's Norton Mint Collection VERY RARE

Malta: 1985 25 Cents PCGS SP63 Pattern Strike King's Norton Mint Collection VERY RARE

This is a rare opportunity to acquire such a pattern strike. These were the only ones dated 1985 because the series was released in 1986!

In 1889, Thomas Richard Bayliss and his son Thomas Abraham Bayliss, founded The King’s Norton Metal Company. They would go on to become an important private mint.

They would make dies for other mints and strike specimen coins for examination and approval by their clients. They kept some of these specimens as exhibits in their “King’s Norton Collection.”