Owner Comments:
GT.BRITAIN, GEORGE III GOLD HALF-SOVEREIGN 1818 (Marsh 401; 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: 1,030,286
RATING: R (M.Marsh).
1818 GOLD HALF-SOVEREIGN MS 64
NGC 4486061-008
Immensely lustrus, flashy reflectivity decorating the fields, these holding clearly contoured
and sharp devices decorated in golden mint frost.
An excellent example of this rare half-sovereign.
Ex Heritage Auction # 3089, lot # 32749, 22 January 2021.
Bright and beautiful with sharp strike and booming luster.