9c. GREAT BRITAIN, GOLD SOVEREIGNS and HALF-SOVEREIGNS 1817-2009, CIRCULATION ISSUES, TYPE SET.

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Coin Details

Origin/Country: GREAT BRITAIN 1816-1901
Item Description: 1/2SOV 1817 G.britain GEORGE III
Full Grade: NGC MS 64
Owner: TMS Coins

Owner Comments:

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
NGC 1522424-007

An excellent example of the very first date of the New Coinage half-sovereign.
A beautiful and very choice UNC, sharply struck and with booming luster.
Ex. Heritage Auction # 3014, Rosemont, April 2011, lot 24148.

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