Sovereign Rarities Ltd
Auction 4 21 Sep 2021
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George IV (1820-30), gold proof Two Pounds, 1826, bare head left, date below, legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA, rev. quartered shield of arms with an escutcheon of the Arms of Hanover upon crowned ermine mantle, legend and toothed border surrounding, BRITANNIARUM REX FID: DEF:, edge, inscribed in raised letters and dated, DECUS ET TUTAMEN ANNO REGNI SEPTIMO, 15.98g (WR 228 R2; Hill T16; S.3799). Scratches in field in front of portrait, some rub to high points of design, otherwise extremely fine, rare.
The fourth date ever produced of the gold Two Pounds as a denomination was 1826, though by then only one date 1823 had actually been issued as currency, the others all being patterns or proof (1820, 1825, 1826). The 1826 proof issue was to go towards a magnificent proof set by William Wyon showing all his designs from the gold Proof Five Pounds to the copper Farthing of which circa 400 sets were issued in the latter part of the reign. The next Two Pounds was that issued for the gold proof set of William IV to coincide with his Coronation in 1831.
(£8,000-£12,000)
The fourth date ever produced of the gold Two Pounds as a denomination was 1826, though by then only one date 1823 had actually been issued as currency, the others all being patterns or proof (1820, 1825, 1826). The 1826 proof issue was to go towards a magnificent proof set by William Wyon showing all his designs from the gold Proof Five Pounds to the copper Farthing of which circa 400 sets were issued in the latter part of the reign. The next Two Pounds was that issued for the gold proof set of William IV to coincide with his Coronation in 1831.
(£8,000-£12,000)