Spink > Auction 23129 | Auction date: 26 January 2024 |
Lot number: 9938 Price realized: 1,300 GBP (Approx. 1,651 USD / 1,524 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on |
Lot description: (g) George IV (1820-1830), Two-Pounds, 1823 IV, laureate head left, rev. St. George and Dragon, edge lettered DECUS ET TUTAMEN. ANNO REGNO IV upwards, 15.96g [246.2grns], 6h (MCE 470; Schneider II, 635; Hill T6; EGC 945; Stratos 171; Spink 3798), heavily bagmarked, otherwise with a residual brilliance in the reverse field and cloaked with a handsome peach-red tone, struck details bolder than very fine, a collectable example of the first Currency Two-Pounds offered in its Bicentennial year. Provenance, Spink, Auction 23004, 3rd April 2023, lot 56, Estimate: £1400 - £1800 |