Code: 10976
George III, 1817 Silver Plain Edge Proof Shilling
Obverse: laureate head facing right, date (1817) below, with Latin legend and toothed border surrounding: GEOR: III D: G: BRITT: REX F: D:
Reverse: Crowned, garnished & quartered shield of arms, within buckled garter, French motto HONI. SOIT. Q MAL. Y. PENSE. (‘Evil be unto him who evil thinks’).
initials of William Wellesley Pole "WW P" incuse on left shield border, incuse W on right shield border for the engraver Thomas Wyon.
Plain edge.
Bull 2149; ESC 1233 R2; Davies 81.
A splendid example of a very rare coin.
Has been graded and slabbed by NGC as PF 61, NGC Certification number: 6319705-006.
