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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 120

George IV, Proof Two Pounds, 15.99g., 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 228 R2; S.3799), a few trifling marks, small deposit on edge, light handling marks, otherwise mint state and very pleasing Estimate £2,000-3,000 provenance Sotheby, 31 March 1947, for £38.10/-

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