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1937 King George VI Proof Specimen Double Sovereign - NGC PF-65 Cameo

1937 King George VI Proof Specimen Double Sovereign - NGC PF-65 Cameo

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1937 King George VI Proof Specimen Double Sovereign - NGC PF-65 Cameo

A superb example the 1937 George VI proof Specimen double sovereign. Being of very high grade this coin exhibits a very few hairlines, otherwise as struck, NGC PF-65 Cameo.

The plain edge Proof gold double 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: 15.96g / Diameter: 28.40mm

Obverse by Humphrey Paget

Featuring Reverse design of St George & the dragon by Benedetto Pistrucci

Die Axis: ↑ / ↑


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