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George VI 1937 proof Five-Pounds PF62 CAMEO Coronation issue

George VI (1936-52), gold proof Five-Pounds, 1937, bare head left, initials HP below neck for Humphrey Paget, 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, edge plain (Hill F40; L&S 1; WR 435; S.4074). A few light marks within the toning, some hairlines on reverse, otherwise as struck, has been slabbed and graded by NGC as PF62 CAMEO, becoming rare in the UK market.

NGC Certification 4862832-003.

The Latin legend translates as "George the Sixth by the grace of God, King of all the Britons, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India."

These plain edge Proof gold Five Pounds were produced to celebrate the Coronation of King George VI on the 12thMay 1937 as part of gold Proof sets, with a mintage of 5,501 pieces, they were technically patterns as they did not have a milled edge like earlier gold Five Pounds of other reigns.

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