Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's
Auction 79 8 May 2013
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The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
George III, Sovereign, 1820, practically closed 2, neater smaller date arrangement, thinner 0, second laureate head right, finer engraved hair, date below, the initial G of legend turned more in line with legend, but distant from date, ascending colon after BRITANNIAR:, lettering in obverse legend clear of thinly ruled raised rim, no linear circle, larger space between X and F, no doubling in legend, rev St George slaying dragon right with broken lance, no upper left serif to I of HONI, broken first S in legend, no upper right serif to U of QUI, 7.99g (cf Marsh 4; MCE 466; S 3785C). One short scratch with light hairlining, otherwise proof-like, practically as struck.
Calendar year mintage 931,994
Estimate: £2500-3000
The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
George III, Sovereign, 1820, practically closed 2, neater smaller date arrangement, thinner 0, second laureate head right, finer engraved hair, date below, the initial G of legend turned more in line with legend, but distant from date, ascending colon after BRITANNIAR:, lettering in obverse legend clear of thinly ruled raised rim, no linear circle, larger space between X and F, no doubling in legend, rev St George slaying dragon right with broken lance, no upper left serif to I of HONI, broken first S in legend, no upper right serif to U of QUI, 7.99g (cf Marsh 4; MCE 466; S 3785C). One short scratch with light hairlining, otherwise proof-like, practically as struck.
Calendar year mintage 931,994
Estimate: £2500-3000