George IV, Pattern Shilling, 1820, London, by Benedetto Pistrucci, adopted for Currency in 1821, laureate head left, rev. crowned shield with elaborate garnish, escutcheon of the Arms of Hanover inset at centre, edge milled, 5.69g, 6h (RMM 1325 = Hocking 1873 = Webster 1033; BMC E.5696; Davies 210; Bull 2394 [R5]; ESC 1246 [R5]; cf. S.3810), lightly brushed below portrait with moderate hairlines to otherwise brilliant, original fields. a most pleasingly bold extremely fine and truly much as issued, of the highest rarity with fewer than 10 specimens extant, several of which are impounded in museums
Provenance
H Samuel, Spink 109, 4 July 1995, lot 443* - light tone, practically mint state, extremely rare
