Watch List notes:

George IV (1820-30), silver Proof Crown, 1826, bare head left, date below, rosette either side, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA, rev. crowned and crested helmet over quartered shield of arms, with a crowned escutcheon of the Arms of Hanover, French language motto on banner below DIEU ET MON DROIT, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, BRITANNIARUM REX FID: DEF:, edge inscribed in raised letters of inverted orientation to obverse, DECUS ET TUTAMEN* ANNO REGNI SEPTIMO*, weight 28.32g (Bull 2336 R; L&S 27; ESC 257 R; Davies 151; C&R 1159 R; S.3806). Attractively toned with a blue colouration, hardly any imperfections at all with the only unevenness in the toning, practically as struck, FDC, rare this well preserved.

Provenance:
Ex B. A. Seaby Ltd, 1947.
Ex Exceptional Collection of British Milled, Spink Numismatic Circular, November 1997, item 5642.