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g Impressive Gold Proof Two Pounds of George IV Dated 1826
George IV (1820-30), gold Proof Two Pounds, 1826, bare head left, date below, legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA, rev. quartered shield of arms with an escutcheon of the Arms of Hanover upon crowned ermine mantle, legend and toothed border surrounding, BRITANNIARUM REX FID: DEF:, edge, inscribed in raised letters and dated, DECUS ET TUTAMEN ANNO REGNI SEPTIMO, weight 16.03g (WR 228 R2; S.3799). Toned, has been slabbed and graded by NGC as PF63 Cameo, rare.
NGC Certification 4862557-007.
The fourth date ever produced of the gold Two Pounds as a denomination was 1826, though by then only one date 1823 had actually been issued as currency, the others all being patterns or proof (1820, 1825, 1826). The 1826 proof issue was to go towards a magnificent proof set by William Wyon showing all his designs from the gold Proof Five Pounds to the copper Farthing of which circa 400 sets were issued in the latter part of the reign. The next Two Pounds was that issued for the gold proof set of William IV to coincide with his Coronation in 1831.
Provenance:
Ex Noble Investments plc, purchased Winter 2005.
g This item is sold under the investment gold scheme. VAT may be reclaimed on investment gold lots by VAT registered traders.
George IV (1820-30), gold Proof Two Pounds, 1826, bare head left, date below, legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA, rev. quartered shield of arms with an escutcheon of the Arms of Hanover upon crowned ermine mantle, legend and toothed border surrounding, BRITANNIARUM REX FID: DEF:, edge, inscribed in raised letters and dated, DECUS ET TUTAMEN ANNO REGNI SEPTIMO, weight 16.03g (WR 228 R2; S.3799). Toned, has been slabbed and graded by NGC as PF63 Cameo, rare.
NGC Certification 4862557-007.
The fourth date ever produced of the gold Two Pounds as a denomination was 1826, though by then only one date 1823 had actually been issued as currency, the others all being patterns or proof (1820, 1825, 1826). The 1826 proof issue was to go towards a magnificent proof set by William Wyon showing all his designs from the gold Proof Five Pounds to the copper Farthing of which circa 400 sets were issued in the latter part of the reign. The next Two Pounds was that issued for the gold proof set of William IV to coincide with his Coronation in 1831.
Provenance:
Ex Noble Investments plc, purchased Winter 2005.
g This item is sold under the investment gold scheme. VAT may be reclaimed on investment gold lots by VAT registered traders.