MS60 | George III (1760-1820), gold Half Guinea, 1806, seventh laureate head right, legend surrounding GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA, rev. quartered shield of arms with crowned escutcheon of the arms of Hanover, all within crowned garter, Old French legend on garter HONI. SOIT. QUI. MAL. Y. PENSE., date below, legend commences upper right, BRITANNIARUM REX FIDEI DEFENSOR, (MCE 443; EGC 851; S.3737). Strong residual mint lustre, particularly on the reverse, graded by NGC as MS60.

NGC Certification 2119556-025.

The Latin legend on obverse translates as “George the Third by the Grace of God”, then on the reverse continuing as “King of the Britons, Defender of the Faith”. The Old French motto on the reverse garter translates as “shame on he who thinks ill of it”.

Provenance:
Ex Sincona British Collection, part one, Sincona Auction 72, 21st November 2021, lot 803.

Estimate: £700 - £900