Watch List notes:

George IV (1820-30), gold proof Five Pounds, 1826, design by William Wyon, bare head left, date below, Latin 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, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, BRITANNIARUM REX FID: DEF:, edge inscribed in raised letters and dated, DECUS ET TUTAMEN ANNO REGNI SEPTIMO, 39.87g (WR 213 R3; L&S 27; Hill F6 S; Fr. 373; KM.702; S.3797). Obverse matt toned with surface marks and wear, particularly in tufts of hair, reverse better with an attractive orange hue revealing subdued proof brilliance, has been plugged and repaired between the orb on reverse crown and date below obverse portrait, some rim bruises, otherwise still an extremely desirable and rare piece, good very fine, reverse extremely fine.

Limited issue of 400 pieces.

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."