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Auction 73  22 Nov 2022
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Lot 12

Starting price: 1660 GBP
Price realized: 3200 GBP
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1937 Gold 5 Pounds (5 Sovereigns) Proof Excessive hairlines (AGW=1.1777 oz.)
Excessive hairlines | UNITED KINGDOM. George VI, 1936-52.
Gold 5 pounds (5 sovereigns), 1937. Royal Mint. Proof.
Struck to commemorate the coronation on 12 May 1937.
Bare head of King George VI facing left; GEORGIVS VI D : G : BR : OMN : REX F : D : IND : IMP around. Design by Thomas Humphrey Paget. / St. George on horseback rearing right; dragon below with a broken lance in its chest; date and B.P. in exergue. Design by Benedetto Pistrucci. Edge plain.
Excessive hairlines.

Reference: S-4074; KM-861; F-264
Mintage: 5,501.
Diameter: 36 mm.
Weight: 39.9403 g. (AGW=1.1777 oz.)
Composition: 917.0/1000 Gold.

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