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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 457

(g) NGC PF60 | George IV (1820-1830), Pattern Five Pounds, 1826 SEPTIMO, 'Wide 6' in date, struck in ternary 22ct "Red Gold" Alloy, GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA, bare head left, rev. BRITANNIARUM REX FID: DEF:, crowned shield in mantle, seven semée of hearts, DECUS ET TUTAMEN * ANNO REGNI SEPTIMO * in raised lettering downwards on edge, 39.905g [615.8grns], 6h (L&S 27; W&R 213; Hocking 1906; S.3797), light cabinet friction in otherwise brilliant original fields, some minor contact points on cheek and a toning spot by G of GRATIA, otherwise a pleasingly bold extremely fine, presumed only 400 struck, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, conservatively graded PF60 (Cert. #8534310-001)

Provenance

The "Pallas" Collection of English Coins


SCMB, May 1966, G943* - "minute scratches, otherwise brilliant" - £700.0.0 [acquired 5 May 1966]



"The Property of a European Collector", Glendining, 31 March 1965, lot 16 - "brilliant, extremely fine, rare" - £600.0.0 [Seaby, ticketed for stock, ref. 660456]



https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534310-001/60/


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Sold for
£42,000

Starting price
£40000