Auction: 22109 - The David Hoover Collection of Crowns: 1551-1953
Lot: 2114
(x) NGC MS63 | George III (1760-1820), 'New Coinage', Crown, 1819 over 8 LIX, laureate head right, rev. St. George and Dragon, lettered edge, 6h (Bull 2012 [R3]; ESC 215B; Spink 3787), mottled tone on portrait further accentuated by a purplish-tone overlying lustrous fields, a really good extremely fine, the overdate very rare, in NGC holder, graded MS63 (Cert. #2810939-002)
Provenance
'A Collection of British Milled Coins, The Property of a Gentleman', DNW 136, 8 June 2016, lot 386 - virtually as struck with brilliant fields and light dusty-grey tone, most attractive and very rare - £1,900 [via S Willis, £2,700)
https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/2810939-002/63/
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Sold for
£2,600
Starting price
£1800