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Auction 8  15 Feb 2023
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Lot 62

Starting price: 1500 GBP
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George IV (1820-1830), silver Halfcrown, 1823, first laureate bust left, B.P. below truncation for engraver Benedetto Pistrucci, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:, rev. crowned quartered shield of arms within garter, Old French motto HONI. SOIT. QUI. MAL. Y. PENSE. within garter, all surrounded by linked national emblems, date below, edge milled (ESC 634; Bull 2365; S.3808). Attractive green toning in peripheries with good underlying mint lustre, some light surface marks, graded by NGC as MS64.

NGC Certification 6380722-005

The Latin legend translates as "George the Fourth by the Grace of God, King of the Britons, Defender of the Faith".
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