Auction Catalogue

28 September 2005

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Important British and World Coins

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

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Lot

№ 945

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28 September 2005

Hammer Price:
£2,000

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 (£1,200-1,500)

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]

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