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GVLIELMVS • III • DEI • GRA •, laureate and draped bust to right / MAG • BR • FRA • ET • HIB • REX •, crowned cruciform shields around central Nassau lion; date above. SCBC 3520. 2.83gr, 21mm, 6h.

Good Very Fine.

Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman.

ANNA • DEI • GRATIA •, draped bust of Queen Anne to left / MAG BRI • FR ET • HIB REG, crowned cruciform shields with central rayed Garter star, six strings to harp; date (J7-JJ) above. Bull 1399; ESC 1147; SCBC 3610. 5.88gr, 25mm, 6h.

Good Very Fine.

Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman.

GEORGIUS III D : G : BRITANNIAR : REX F : D :, laureate head to right; date below / HONI · SOIT · QUI · MAL · Y · PENSE, St George slaying the dragon to right. KM 674; SCBC 3785; Fr 371. 9.45gr total, coin 22mm, 6h.

Better than Fine but mounted. An extremely rare date for the entire modern “Sovereign” series, which dates back to 1817.

From the early 20th century family collection of a Suffolk lady.

Following the Great Coinage Act of 1817, the old Guinea, which had been in circulation since the time of Charles II, was replaced by the gold Sovereign. In 1819, only 3,574 Sovereigns were minted in five separate batches between August and November, using gold supplied by private merchants. Two hundred years after they were minted, it is said that there are probably only ten of these sovereigns remaining.

GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA, laureate head to left; date below / BRITANNIAR: REX FID: DEF:, seated Britannia to right; rose, thistle and shamrock below. SCBC 3823; KM 693. 18.39gr, 34mm, 12h.

Good Fine.

From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :, crowned, veiled and draped bust to left; J.E.B. in small lettering beneath truncation / St. George on horseback to right, holding sword with right hand and wearing plumed helmet and billowing cloak, slaying the dragon which falls to right; small B. P. beneath ground line to right, date in exergue. Marsh F30; SCBC 3864. 39.82gr, 36mm, 12h.

Good Extremely Fine.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

VICTORIA D: G: BRITT: REGINA F: D:, crowned Jubilee bust to left, J.E.B. on base of truncation / St George on horseback slaying the dragon to right; date and B.P. beneath groundline. SCBC 3865. 15.93gr, 29mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, first young head of Victoria to left, hair tied in fillet; W.W. in small lettering on truncation, date below truncation / BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, crowned shield within wreath; die number, thistle, rose and shamrock below. Marsh 56; SCBC 3853B. 7.97gr, 22mm, 6h.

Good Extremely Fine.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, first young head of Victoria to left, hair tied in fillet; date below truncation / BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, crowned quartered shield of arms. Fr 389b; KM 735.1; Marsh 416; SCBC 3859. 3.99gr, 19mm, 6h.

Good Very Fine.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

EDWARDVS VII D : G : BRITT : OMN : REX F : D : IND : IMP :, bare head to right / St. George on horseback to right, holding sword with right hand and wearing plumed helmet and billowing cloak, slaying the dragon which falls to right; date in exergue. Fr 400; KM 805; Marsh 182; SCBC 3969. 7.97gr, 22mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

GEORGIVS V D . G . BRITT : OMN : REX F . D . IND : IMP :, bare head to left; B. M. in small lettering on truncation / St. George on horseback to right, holding sword with right hand and wearing plumed helmet and billowing cloak, slaying the dragon which falls to right; small B. P. beneath ground line to right, date in exergue. Fr 405; KM 819 ; Marsh 5274006. 3.98gr, 19mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

This 2003 UK Ingot and Full Sovereign Gold Coin Set was struck to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's 50th coronation anniversary and contains a gold full sovereign of 2003, which features Benedetto Pistrucci's famous St George and the Dragon design and a replica of the 1953 1s 3d coronation stamp in 925 sterling silver, which features a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on her coronation day. 163gr total, box: 10.6mm x 91mm.

Brilliant Uncirculated.

From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. With certificate of authenticity no.0242/1000.

Comprising: mixed issues and reverse types. 745gr total.

As shown.

From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.