Baldwin & Sons
Auction 73 8 May 2012
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THE BENTLEY COLLECTION OF MILLED GOLD SOVEREIGNS. PART ONE.George III, Pattern Sovereign 1816, engraved by Thomas Wyon Jnr after Pistrucci’s cameo, larger laureate head right, with ties at rear, four distinct leaves at top of laurel wreath that consists of 14 leaves, toothed border both sides, obverse struck slightly off-centre, legend in small letters both sides, GEORGIUS III D: G: BRITT: REX F: D:, rev struck en médaille, die flaw into crown and another in legend, crowned square shield of arms quartered with the arms of Hanover as an escutcheon, five strings to Irish harp, crown with twelve jewels on each arch, central crown upright with parallel vertical lines of six jewels, taller cross on crown with horizontal line separating it from orb below, date 18 16 below arms lightly double struck, legend BRITTANIARUM REX FID: DEF:, edge plain, 9.53g, 22.1mm (WR 185 R6; Murdoch 185; Nobleman 43; DM 126). Red tone spot by chin and smaller one below truncation, some light raised die flaws on the reverse, some hairlines, otherwise mint state and extremely rare
ex R E Plumbridge collection, sold privately to A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd, c.1980
ex A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd, 125th Anniversary Sale, Baldwin’s Auction 15, 13 October 1997, lot 43
The key features of this proposed pattern engraved by Wyon are the portrait with 14 leaf wreath, five strings to the Irish harp, and the crown arranged with pearls on the arches evenly balanced at twelve per side and six on each side of the central vertical. Note also the heavy weight of this impressive pattern.
The Reign of King George III (1760-1820)
House of Hanover
Born: 4 June 1738
Accession: 25 October 1760
Married: Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 8 September 1761
the day they met for the first time.
Coronation: Tuesday, 22 September 1761
Children: nine sons, six daughters
Died: 29 January 1820, aged 81
Estimate: £15,000-20,000
ex R E Plumbridge collection, sold privately to A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd, c.1980
ex A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd, 125th Anniversary Sale, Baldwin’s Auction 15, 13 October 1997, lot 43
The key features of this proposed pattern engraved by Wyon are the portrait with 14 leaf wreath, five strings to the Irish harp, and the crown arranged with pearls on the arches evenly balanced at twelve per side and six on each side of the central vertical. Note also the heavy weight of this impressive pattern.
The Reign of King George III (1760-1820)
House of Hanover
Born: 4 June 1738
Accession: 25 October 1760
Married: Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 8 September 1761
the day they met for the first time.
Coronation: Tuesday, 22 September 1761
Children: nine sons, six daughters
Died: 29 January 1820, aged 81
Estimate: £15,000-20,000