Owner Comments:
GT. BRITAIN, GEORGE III GOLD HALF-SOVEREIGN 1820
(Marsh 402; 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: 35,043
RATING: R2 (M.Marsh).
1820 GOLD HALF-SOVEREIGN MS 64
A beautiful and very choice UNC coin having smooth satiny luster and more than a little eye appeal.
Provenance given on the grading insert as having been from the Jacob Y. Terner Collection.
Ex Heritage Auction # 3014, Rosemont, April 2011, lot 24149.
NGC Census pop 1 with none graded higher.
PCGS Census pop 3 with none graded higher.