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Auction LIII  14 Jan 2021
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Lot 3195

Starting price: 1000 USD
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George V (1910-36), Half-Silver Proof Crown, 1935. Silver Jubilee Issue, bare head left with raised BM for Bertram Mackennal on truncation, legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIVS V. DG. BRITT: OMN: REX. FD. IND: IMP: rev. stylised St George and dragon left, raised PM initials to lower right for engraver Percy Metcalfe, denomination and date above, edge inscribed in raised letters, DECUS ET TUTAMEN. ANNO REGNI XXV. (Bull 3655; ESC 378; L&S 46; S.4048). Toned, lightly hairlined, practically as struck, rare, has been graded and slabbed by NGC as PF64. Estimated Value $1,250
NGC Certification 4600778-003. Mintage 2,500 pieces. The Latin legend translates as "George the Fifth, by the grace of God, King of all the Britons, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India." and the edge the inscription translates as "An ornament and a safeguard, in the 25th year of the reign."
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