THE BENTLEY COLLECTION OF MILLED GOLD SOVEREIGNS.
PART TWO. Royal Mint Issues – London. George III, Sovereign, 1820, closed 2, neater smaller date arrangement, second laureate head right, finer engraved hair, with misstruck rim milling encroaching onto obverse from 10-1 o'clock, finer date below, the initial G of legend halfway turned towards date, closed 2 with thinner finer engraved 0, 8 and 2 spaced apart, 20 slightly smaller than 18 and in line, ascending colon after BRITANNIAR:, larger space between X and F, some obverse letters slightly doubled, lettering clear of thinner raised rim, only a trace of outer linear circle, rev St George slaying dragon right with broken lance, no upper left serif to I of HONI, S of SOIT with broken upper curve, 7.81g (cf Marsh 4B R; MCE 466; S 3785C). Only fair and well below the legal weight for tender due to wear, nevertheless rare.
purchased via A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd, July 2010
Calendar year mintage 931,994
It is interesting to note that, as one of the lower grade Sovereigns in the Bentley Collection, this coin is well under the legal tender weight limit that was set in successive Coinage Acts from 1816-1891.
Estimate: £400-500