1/2 SOVEREIGN TYPE SET 1817-2010, Circulation Issue, (GEORGE III-ELIZABETH II).
George III, 1817-1820


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Set Details
Origin/Country: GREAT BRITAIN 1816-1901
Design Description:
Item Description: 1/2SOV 1817 G.britain GEORGE III
Grade: NGC MS 64
Owner: TMS Coins
 
Winning Set: 1/2 SOVEREIGN TYPE SET 1817-2010, Circulation Issue, (GEORGE III-ELIZABETH II).
Date Added: 3/5/2012
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

GT. BRITAIN, GEORGE III GOLD HALF-SOVEREIGN 1817
(Marsh 400; S 3786).

OBVERSE: Laureated head of King George III facing right. Date below.
REVERSE: An angular shield surmounted by the royal crown, bearing the Ensigns Armorial of the United Kingdom. The Hanoverian arms within an escutcheon surmounted by the royal crown in the centre of the shield.
ENGRAVER: William Wyon.
DIAMETER: 19.4 mm.
WEIGHT: 3.994 g.
FINENESS: 22 carat.
MILLESIMAL FINENESS: 916.66.
EDGE: Milled.
MINTAGE: 2.080.197.
RATING: C (M.Marsh).

1817 GOLD HALF-SOVEREIGN MS 64

A lovely and very choice UNC with booming luster, sharply struck except on the three leopards of second quadrant of the shield.
An excellent example of the very first date of the New Coinage half-sovereign.
ex Heritage Auction # 3014, Rosemont, April 2011, lot 24148.

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