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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 222

George IV (1820-30), Crown, 28.32g., 1821 secundo,first laureate head facing left, b.p. below, georgius iiii d:g: britanniar: rex f:d:, toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, St George slaying dragon right, wwp under broken lance, date in exergue, b.p. to upper right, edge, inscribed in raised letters of inverted axis, decus et tutamen. anno regni secundo. (ESC 246; Davies 131; S.3805), attractive rainbow coloured tone, a few light surface marks and hairlines, prooflike, uncirculated Estimate £1,000-1,200

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