Sovereign Rarities Ltd
Auction 5 15 Mar 2022
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MS63 | George III (1760-1820), gold Sovereign, 1817, first laureate head right, date below, Latin legend commences lower left GEORGIUS III D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F:D:, rev. St. George and dragon right, incuse BP below broken lance at lower left for designer and engraver Benedetto Pistrucci, garter motto surrounding, buckle with incuse WWP for Master of the Mint William Wellesley Pole, French motto HONI. SOIT. QUI. MAL. Y. PENSE., edge milled, 7.99g (Bentley 4; Marsh 1; S.3785). A lustrous and scarcely handled piece, graded by NGC as MS63.
NGC Certification 2636907-009
Calendar year mintage 3,235,239.
Of the 289 examples of the 1817 Sovereign graded by NGC and PCGS combined, just 28 have been certified as a higher grade than the present offering, putting this piece in the top 10% of known examples.
The Latin legends translate on obverse as "George III by the Grace of God, King of the Britons, Defender of the Faith." The older Norman-French legend on the reverse translates as "Evil to him, who evil thinks" and is the motto of the chivalric Order of the Garter founded in 1348 by King Edward III.
Provenance:
Ex Spink Numismatic Circular, October 1955, item G63 – FDC at £6/10/-
Ex D. F. Alder Collection, Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 97, 17th September 2014, lot 1035.
(£6,000-£8,000)
NGC Certification 2636907-009
Calendar year mintage 3,235,239.
Of the 289 examples of the 1817 Sovereign graded by NGC and PCGS combined, just 28 have been certified as a higher grade than the present offering, putting this piece in the top 10% of known examples.
The Latin legends translate on obverse as "George III by the Grace of God, King of the Britons, Defender of the Faith." The older Norman-French legend on the reverse translates as "Evil to him, who evil thinks" and is the motto of the chivalric Order of the Garter founded in 1348 by King Edward III.
Provenance:
Ex Spink Numismatic Circular, October 1955, item G63 – FDC at £6/10/-
Ex D. F. Alder Collection, Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 97, 17th September 2014, lot 1035.
(£6,000-£8,000)