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George VI 1937 4-coin proof Set, Coronation issue

George VI (1936-52), Proof four-coin gold Set, 1937, Coronation year, gold Five Pounds, Two Pounds, Sovereign and Half-Sovereign, bare head left, HP below for designer T Humphrey Paget, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIVS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP., rev. St George and dragon right, date in exergue, B.P. to upper right of exergue, all with plain edges, with original Royal Mint case with gold block crest and lettering (S.PS15). A few tiny marks and hairlines on all coins, red tone spot on reverse of Five Pounds, also with light marks on King's cheek, Two Pounds and Sovereign with some light speckling on obverse, Half-Sovereign with a few hairline light scratches on head, otherwise toned good extremely fine.

The Latin legends translate as on the obverse "George the Sixth, by the grace of God, King of all the Britons, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India."

These plain edge Proof coins were produced to celebrate the Coronation of King George VI on the 12th May 1937, with a mintage of 5,501 pieces, they were technically patterns as they did not have milled edges.

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