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LI42246

George III 1824 Half-Sovereign, 1st head, 2nd reverse, rare date

Regular price £875
Regular price Sale price £875

George IV (1820-30), gold Half-Sovereign, 1824, 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. second crowned quartered shield of arms, with a crowned escutcheon of the Arms of Hanover, emblems below, ANNO to left, 1824 to right, weight 3.95g (Hill 405 R2; Bull EGC 992; S.3803). Toned, with surface marks and nicks, good fine to almost very fine, a rare date.

Calendar year mintage of 591,538.

The Latin legends translates on obverse as "George the Fourth, by the Grace of God, King of the Britons, Defender of the Faith," and on reverse as "in the year 1824."

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