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Auction 7  21 Sep 2022
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Lot 163

Starting price: 320 GBP
Price realized: 700 GBP
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George IV (1820-30), gold Sovereign, 1821, first laureate head left, B.P. for Benedetto Pistrucci below neck, legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F:D:, rev. St. George and dragon right, date in exergue, B.P. to upper right of exergue for designer and engraver Benedetto Pistrucci, raised WWP on ground line below lance for Master of the Mint William Wellesley Pole, edge milled, weight 7.94g (Bentley 12; Marsh 5; S.3800). A very fine example with toning around the legend, perhaps once cleaned.

Calendar Year Mintage 9,405,114.

The Latin legend translates as "George the Fourth by the Grace of God, King of the Britons, Defender of the Faith".
Estimate: £400-600
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