hairline scratch o neck of horse and upper right quarter of shield otherwise has been slabbed and graded by NGC as VF30
date in exergue (Freeman 125
in its Royal Mint box of issue with numbered certificate of authenticity
Oliver Plat
George IV 1821 Sovereign, laureate head, MS63*, ex Hammersley hairline scratch o neck ofGeorge IV (1820 30), gold Sovereign, 1821, first laureate head left, B. P. below neck, legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:, rev. die axis slightly off centre, St George and dragon right, date in exergue, B. P. to upper right of exergue for designer and engraver Benedetto Pistrucci, raised WWP on ground line below lance for Master of the Mint William Wellesley Pole (Bentley 12; MCE 471; Bull EGC 959; Hill 5;