Sovereign Rarities Ltd
Auction 8 15 Feb 2023
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George III (1760-1820), silver Sixpence, 1817, last coinage, design by Benedetto Pistrucci, laureate head right, date below, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, GEOR: III D: G: BRITT: REX F: D:, rev. crowned quartered shield of arms within buckled garter, Old French motto HONI. SOIT. Q MAL. Y. PENSE. around, initials WWP incuse on left shield border for Master of the Mint William Wellesley Pole, incuse W on right shield border for engraver Thomas Wyon, edge milled (Bull 2195; ESC 1632; S.3791). Lightly toned with some residual mint lustre, graded by NGC as MS65.
NGC Certification 6383346-001
The Latin legend on the obverse translates as "George the Third by the Grace of God, King of the Britons, Defender of the Faith", and the Old French motto on the reverse garter as "Shame on he who thinks ill of it".
NGC Certification 6383346-001
The Latin legend on the obverse translates as "George the Third by the Grace of God, King of the Britons, Defender of the Faith", and the Old French motto on the reverse garter as "Shame on he who thinks ill of it".