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Lot 58:
Description
g George III (1760-1820), gold Sovereign, 1820, second laureate head right, neat date below with closed 2, GEORGIUS III D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F:D:, rev. St. George and dragon right, incuse BP below broken lance at lower left, garter motto surrounding, buckle with incuse WWP, French motto HONI. SOIT. QUI. MAL. Y. PENSE., 7.96g (Bentley 8; EGC.908; Marsh 4B; S.3785C). Possibly once cleaned now otherwise, about fine, rare.
Condition report:
Calendar year mintage 931,994 though it is known that 1820 dated Sovereigns were struck into the year 1821 and Marsh estimated that as many as 1,170,000 of the 1821 calendar mintage could well have been 1820-dated coins.
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