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, open 2, date figures close though of normal arrangement, angled lower 0 with die flaw to rim, 2 nearly touches 8, 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, parts of motto wording weakly struck, no upper right serif to U of QUI, 7.94g (cf Marsh 4; MCE 466; S 3785C). Edge knock, surface marks and hairlines, otherwise good fine.
Calendar year mintage 931,994
George III died 29 January 1820
Estimate: £300-400
The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
George III, Sovereign, 1820, open 2, date figures close though of normal arrangement, angled lower 0 with die flaw to rim, 2 nearly touches 8, 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, parts of motto wording weakly struck, no upper right serif to U of QUI, 7.94g (cf Marsh 4; MCE 466; S 3785C). Edge knock, surface marks and hairlines, otherwise good fine.
Calendar year mintage 931,994
George III died 29 January 1820
Estimate: £300-400