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Auction 8  15 Feb 2023
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Lot 60

Starting price: 2000 GBP
Price realized: 2000 GBP
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George IV (1820-30), gold Sovereign, 1825, first laureate head left, B.P. below neck for designer Benedetto Pistrucci, Latin 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, raised WWP on ground line below broken lance for Master of the Mint William Wellesley Pole, edge milled, 7.91g (Bentley 952; Marsh 9 R3; S.3800). Heavy bagmarks with light scratching on reverse, evidence of rim filing on edge, otherwise a good very fine.

Calendar year mintage 4,200,343.

The Latin legends translate to on obverse "George IIII by the Grace of God, King of the Britons, Defender of the Faith."
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