The Hammersley Collection of Exceptional British Milled Sovereigns

George IV (1820-1830), Sovereign, 1822 [first digit without upper serif]

georgius IIII d : g : britanniar : rex : f : d :

laureate head left

St George on Horseback, slaying dragon below, date in exergue

Milled edge, 7.99g/6h (Marsh 6; EGC 961; Bentley 13; S 3800)

About as struck with considerable mint lustre; extremely rare thus [Graded NGC MS 65+] £6,000-£8,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Hammersley Collection of Exceptional British Milled Sovereigns.

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D. Mitchell Collection, Glendining Auction, 27 April 1949, lot 131 (part); Major William Tapp, MC Collection, DNW Auction 140, 15 March 2017, lot 45