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George III 1820 Sovereign, short date figures R3, PCGS AU50

Regular price £3,500
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George III (1760-1820),gold Sovereign, 1820, short date figure variety, second laureate head right, date below with open 2, Latin legend commences lower left GEORGIUS III D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F:D:,rev. St. George and dragon right, incuse BP below broken lance at lower left for designer and engraver Benedetto Pistrucci, garter surrounding, buckle with incuse WWP for Master of the Mint William Wellesley Pole, French motto reads HONI. SOIT. QUI. MAL. Y. PENSE. (Hill 4a R3: Bull EGC 907 R3; S.3785C). Toned, with surface marks, some hairline scratches, has been graded and slabbed by PCGS as AU50, the short date figures variety very rare.

PCGS Certification 166076.50/52763196 labelled as short date

Calendar year mintage 931,994.

The Latin legends translate to on obverse "George III by the Grace of God, King of the Britons, 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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