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GEORGE IV SILVER PROOF CROWN, 1826

£5,750.00

Code: 10195



George IV Silver Proof Crown, 1826
Obverse: Bare-headed bust facing left, date below, with latin legend and toothed border surrounding: GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA
Reverse: Crowned and crested helmet over quartered shield of arms, with a crowned escutcheon of the Royal Arms of Hanover, French language motto written on banner below (DIEU ET MON DROIT), Inverted die axis, with Latin legend and toothed border surrounding: BRITANNIARUM REX FID: DEF:
The edge with raised letters inscribed: DECUS ET TUTAMEN* ANNO REGNI SEPTIMO
S.3806, Bull 2336
Graded and slabbed by PCGS as PR53.
PCGS certification number: 206397.53/21064606.

Provenance:
Ex. Heritage, New York Signature Sale, January 3rd  2010, (lot 21845)
Ex. St James' Auction 14-15, September 30th  2010, (lot 261).