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JI35219

George IV 1826 proof Five-Pounds PF62CAM, circa 400 struck

George IV (1820-30),gold Proof Five Pounds, 1826, engraved by William Wyon, bare head left, date below, legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA,rev.quartered shield of arms with an escutcheon of the Arms of Hanover upon crowned ermine mantle, legend and toothed border surrounding, BRITANNIARUM REX FID: DEF:, edge inscribed in raised letters and dated, DECUS ET TUTAMEN ANNO REGNI SEPTIMO (WR 213 R3; L&S 27; Hill F6 S; S.3797; Fr.373). Few hairlines and the odd nick, faint chattering above date, otherwise a high-quality example with all the key details quickly visible, the reverse especially majestic, graded by NGC as PF62 Cameo.

NGC certification 4745886-001

Roughly 400 Proof sets of the coinage were produced by the Mint in 1826, though there may have been some extra coins sold singly as well at the time.

The Latin obverse legend translates as "George the Fourth, by the Grace of God" continuing on the reverse as "King of the Britons, Defender of the Faith," and on the edge "an ornament and a safeguard, in the seventh year of the reign."

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