Sovereign Rarities Ltd
Auction 2 24 Sep 2019
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Rare No Stops on Edge Variety of the George III Silver Crown
George III (1760-1820), silver Crown, 1819 LIX, variety without stops on edge, laureate head right, PISTRUCCI below truncation, date below, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIUS III D: G: BRITANNIARUM REX F: D:, rev. St George and dragon right, PISTRUCCI in exergue, Order of the Garter motto in French surrounding, .HONI . SOIT. QUI. MAL . Y. PENSE., most letters struck over smaller versions of themselves, edge inscribed in raised letters, DECUS ET TUTAMEN ANNO REGNI LIX, weight 28.33g (cf.Bull 2011 R3; Davies 6; ESC 215A R3; S.3787). Has once been polished, with a few light digs both sides, extremely fine and a very rare variety, the garter variety only noted in Bull for an 1820 LX piece.
Provenance:
Ex London Coins, Auction 148, 28th February 2015, lot 1694 when graded CGS 70 by CGS UK.
George III (1760-1820), silver Crown, 1819 LIX, variety without stops on edge, laureate head right, PISTRUCCI below truncation, date below, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIUS III D: G: BRITANNIARUM REX F: D:, rev. St George and dragon right, PISTRUCCI in exergue, Order of the Garter motto in French surrounding, .HONI . SOIT. QUI. MAL . Y. PENSE., most letters struck over smaller versions of themselves, edge inscribed in raised letters, DECUS ET TUTAMEN ANNO REGNI LIX, weight 28.33g (cf.Bull 2011 R3; Davies 6; ESC 215A R3; S.3787). Has once been polished, with a few light digs both sides, extremely fine and a very rare variety, the garter variety only noted in Bull for an 1820 LX piece.
Provenance:
Ex London Coins, Auction 148, 28th February 2015, lot 1694 when graded CGS 70 by CGS UK.