1937 King George VI Proof Specimen Full Sovereign - FDC
1937 King George VI Proof Specimen Full Sovereign - FDC
A superb example the 1937 George VI proof Specimen full sovereign. Being of very high grade this coin exhibits a very few hairlines, otherwise as struck, FDC.
The plain edge Proof gold sovereigns were produced to celebrate the Coronation of King George VI on the 12th of May 1937 as part of 4 coin gold Proof sets, with a mintage of 5,501 pieces, they were technically patterns as they did not have a milled edge like earlier gold Five Pounds of other reigns.
Coin Specifications
Struck - London Mint (Proof) - Mintage 5,501
Inscription: GEORGIVS VI D:G: BR: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP
Milled Spink S.4076 H.P. (Humphrey Paget) BP: Benedetto Pistrucci
- Struck in 22ct gold
- Weight: 7.98g / Diameter: 22.05mm
- Obverse by Humphrey Paget
- Featuring Reverse design of St George & the dragon by Benedetto Pistrucci
- Die Axis: ↑ / ↑
Struck - London Mint (Proof) - Mintage 5,501
Inscription: GEORGIVS VI D:G: BR: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP
Milled Spink S.4076 H.P. (Humphrey Paget) BP: Benedetto Pistrucci
- Struck in 22ct gold
- Weight: 7.98g / Diameter: 22.05mm
- Obverse by Humphrey Paget
- Featuring Reverse design of St George & the dragon by Benedetto Pistrucci
- Die Axis: ↑ / ↑
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