Auction Catalogue

24 September 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Important British and World Coins including Important Irish Coins from a Private Collection (Part II)

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 4001

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24 September 2008

Hammer Price:
£2,800

George IV (1820-1830), Proof Sovereign, 1825, uniface obv. and rev. strikings in Barton’s metal, edges plain, 4.12g and 4.09g [2]. Minor surface marks, otherwise about as struck, excessively rare (£2,000-2,500)

Provenance:
L.C. Wyon Collection, Sotheby Auction, 12-13 December 1901, lot 62 (part)
J.G. Murdoch Collection, Part III, Sotheby Auction, 15-19 March 1904, lot 417 (part) [from Spink]
DNW Auction 67, 28 September 2005, lot 945.

Struck sides only shown. Both slabbed in PCGS holders, graded PR64 CAM and PR 63 CAM respectively