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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 198

gGeorge IV (1820-30), Proof Five Pounds, 1826, bare head left, date below, rosette either side, georgius iv dei gratia, toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned escutcheon of the Arms of Hanover upon quartered arms on crowned ermine mantle, nine strings to Irish harp, britanniarum rex fid: def:, edge inverted inscription in raised letters decus et tutamen* anno regni septimo*, cinquefoil stops, (Schneider -; W&R.213 R3; L&S 27; S.3797) surface marks, trace of die flaw at throat, good extremely fine, rare Estimate £ 7,000-9,000

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