GEORGE III, 1820 GOLD SOVEREIGN, OPEN 2 IN LARGE NEAT DATE (R2), MS63

George III, 1820 Gold Sovereign, (Open 2 in large neat date).
Obverse: Second laureate head right facing right, large neat date below (1820) with open 2, Latin legend surrounding commences lower left: GEORGIUS III D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F:D:
Reverse: St. George and the Dragon to right, incuse BP below broken lance at lower left for the designer and engraver Benedetto Pistrucci, garter motto surrounding, buckle with incuse WWP for the master of the Mint William Wellesley Pole, French motto surrounding: HONI. SOIT. QUI. MAL. Y. PENSE.
Edge milled.
Bull 906, rated (R2) Very Rare; Bentley 942; Marsh 4; S.3785C. 
A most splendid lustrous example, one of the Rarer 1820 Sovereign types, a true icon of the modern British Sovereign series, rated R2 (Very Rare) by Maurice Bull in his English Gold Coinage new book.
Has been graded and slabbed by NGC as Mint State 63 (MS 63).
NGC Certification number: 6768681-001.