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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 121

George IV, Sovereign, 7.98g., 1821, by Benedetto Pistrucci, first laureate bust facing left, b.p. below, georgius iiii d:g: britanniar: rex f:d:, toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, St George slaying dragon right, wwp under broken lance, date in exergue, b.p. to upper right, edge, milled (Marsh 5; S.3800), nearly extremely fine Estimate £300-400 provenance Purchased Baldwin 1943 for £4.15/-, on a reused ticket changed from 1821 Half-Sovereign for £3.12/6

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£400