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JI35689

George IV 1825 Sovereign, laureate head - last issue, very rare

Regular price £4,750
Regular price Sale price £4,750

George IV (1820-30),gold Sovereign, 1825, first laureate head left, B.P. for Benedetto Pistrucci below neck, legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F:D:,rev.St George and dragon right, date in exergue, B.P. to upper right of exergue for designer and engraver Benedetto Pistrucci, raised WWP on ground line below lance for Master of the Mint William Wellesley Pole, edge milled, weight 7.97g (Bentley 952; MCE.485; Hill 9 R3; EGC.994 S.3800). With uneven red copper tone on obverse, perhaps once polished on obverse, otherwise with some light handling marks, extremely fine and very rare.

The Latin legends translate to on obverse "George IIII by the Grace of God" continuing on the reverse as "King of the Britains, Defender of the Faith."

The Laureate head design with St George reverse by Pistrucci is very rarely encountered dated 1825 as the bulk majority of this date are of the bare head design by Wyon.

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