edge grained (D&F 355
emblems and garter with outer legend surrounding
Toned with some striking striations and weakly struck in parts
BSIS* (RIC VII
gold Proof Piedfort 50 Pence
George III 1820 Sovereign, open 2, MS60, final date edge grained (D&F 355George III (1760 1820),gold Sovereign, 1820, 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 the Dragon right, incuse BP below broken lance at lower left for designer and engraver Benedetto Pistrucci, garter motto surrounding, buckle with incuse WWP for Master of the Mint William Wellesley Pole, French motto HONI. SOIT. QUI. MAL. Y. PENSE., edge milled