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George IV 1821 Half-Sovereign, rarest date of the reign, low mintage
George IV (1820-30), gold Half-Sovereign, 1821, first laureate head left, B.P. for Benedetto Pistrucci below neck, legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F:D: rev. first crowned quartered shield of arms, with a crowned escutcheon of the Arms of Hanover, emblems surrounding, ANNO to left, 1821 to right, weight 4.00g (Marsh 403 R5; S.3802). Lightly toned, good extremely fine and very rare.
The first year for the coinage of King George IV; the one year only type Half-Sovereign has a reported Calendar year mintage of 231,288.
The Latin legends translates on obverse as "George IV by the Grace of God, King of the Britains, Defender of the Faith," and on reverse as "in the year 1821."
Due to the very similar design of the Sixpence for the new coinage of 1821 it became quickly evident that the unscrupulous in society were gilding the Sixpence to pass as the gold Half-Sovereign. Therefore the mintage was halted at the relatively low figure of 231,288 pieces until a new reverse design could be produced which did not appear as currency until 1823.
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