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GI24196

George VI 1937 proof Two-Pounds PF65 Coronation issue

Regular price £5,000
Regular price Sale price £5,000

George VI (1936-52), gold proof Two Pounds, 1937, bare head left, initials HP below neck for engraver Humphrey Paget, legend and outer 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, edge plain (Schneider 671; WR 437; Hill T46; S.4075). Practically as struck, just a few very light hairlines, graded by NGC as PF65.

NGC Certification 6135575-006

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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