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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 119

George IV (1820-30), Proof Five Pounds, 40.03g., 1826, by William Wyon after Chantrey, bare head facing left, date below, rosette stop either side, georgius iv dei gratia, toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, by J B Merlen, crowned escutcheon of Hanover within quartered shield upon crowned ermine mantle, eleven strings to Irish harp, britanniarum rex fid: def:, edge, inscribed in raised letters of inverted axis, decus et tutamen. anno regni septimo. (WR 213 R3; S.3797), a few very light hairlines and surface marks, very light friction to highest points, otherwise lightly toned, practically as struck Estimate £5,000-6,000 provenance Purchased Baldwin 1944 for £72.10/-

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