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Auction LIII 14 Jan 2021
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George III (1760-1820), Silver Crown, 1819 LIX. 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. edge inscribed in raised letters, DECUS ET TUTAMEN* ANNO REGNI LIX* (Bull 2010; Davies 5; ESC 215; S.3787). Attractively toned, practically as struck, has been graded and slabbed by NGC as MS63. Estimated Value $2,000
NGC Certification 4425338-002. We note at the time of writing that 284 examples of this crown have been graded across both services of which only 40 are finer. The Latin legend translates as on the obverse "George the Third, by the grace of God, King of the Britons, Defender of the Faith" and the French on the reverse, "Evil to him who evil thinks," additionally on the edge "An ornament and a safeguard, in the 59th year of the reign".
NGC Certification 4425338-002. We note at the time of writing that 284 examples of this crown have been graded across both services of which only 40 are finer. The Latin legend translates as on the obverse "George the Third, by the grace of God, King of the Britons, Defender of the Faith" and the French on the reverse, "Evil to him who evil thinks," additionally on the edge "An ornament and a safeguard, in the 59th year of the reign".