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JI35773

George III 1817 Sovereign AU58, first year of the modern sovereign

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

George III (1760-1820), gold Sovereign, 1817, first laureate head right, date below, legend commences lower left GEORGIUS III D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F:D:, rev. Saint George slaying dragon right, incuse BP below broken lance at lower left for designer and engraver Benedetto Pistrucci, garter motto surrounding, buckle with incuse WWP for Master of the Mint William Wellesley Pole, French motto HONI. SOIT. QUI. MAL. Y. PENSE. edge milled (Bentley 4; EGC. 895; Hill 1; S.3785). Even tone with original mint bloom, some contact marks, graded by NGC as AU58.

NGC Certification 5878655-006.

Calendar year mintage 3,235,239

The Latin legends translate to on obverse "George III by the Grace of God, King of the Britains, Defender of the Faith." The older Norman-French legend on the reverse translates as "Evil to him, who evil thinks" and is the motto of the chivalric Order of the Garter founded in 1348 by King Edward III.

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