GEORGE III, 1819 SILVER CROWN, LIX EDGE, MS 64

George III, 1819 Silver Crown of Five Shillings.
Obverse: Laureate head facing right, engraved by the designer Benedetto Pistrucci, below truncation, date (1819) below, with Latin legend and outer toothed border surrounding: GEORGIUS III D: G: BRITANNIARUM REX F: D:
Reverse: St George and dragon right, PISTRUCCI in exergue, Order of the Garter motto in French with toothed border surrounding: .HONI . SOIT. QUI. MAL . Y. PENSE.
Edge inscribed in raised letters, DECUS ET TUTAMEN* ANNO REGNI LIX*
28.31 grams, 38 mm in diameter.
S.3787; Bull 2005; Davies 1; ESC 211; KM.675.
Much as struck, with a superb old cabinet tone.

Has been graded and slabbed by NGC as Mint State (MS) 64.
NGC Certification number: 8221309-001.