The Hammersley Collection of Exceptional British Milled Sovereigns

George III (1760-1820), New Coinage, Sovereign, 1818

georgius III d : g : britanniar : rex : f : d : [descending colon after Britanniar]

laureate head right, date below truncation

honi . soit . qui . mal . y . pense . on garter

St George on Horseback, slaying dragon below

Milled edge, 8.00g/6h (Marsh 2; EGC 900; Bentley 6; S 3785)

Wonderful satiny surfaces with residual lustre, about as struck and extremely rare thus [Graded NGC MS 64] £6,000-£8,000

This item has been graded by NGC and has been awarded grade MS64.

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

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SCMB September 1947 (G 55); Major William Tapp, MC, Collection, DNW Auction 140, 15 March 2017, lot 42