George III 1820 Gold
Sovereigns
1820 Sovereigns
There were two varieties of half and seven varieties of one Sovereigns minted in 1820 during the Reign of George III. The obverse of the half and one sovereign was designed by Benedetto Pistrucci and the reverse of the half by William Wyon.
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George III 1820 half Sovereigns
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Obverse: The king's head facing right, laureate with short hair. Tie with a loop and with two ends trailing onto a bare neck.
Legend: GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA 1817
Engraver: Benedetto Pistrucci
Reverse: An angular shield surmounted by the royal crown, bearing the Ensigns Armorial of the United Kingdom. The Hanoverian arms with an escutcheon surmounted by the royal crown in the centre of the shield.
Legend: BRITANNIARUM REX FID: DEF:
Engraver: William Wyon
Legend: GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA 1817
Engraver: Benedetto Pistrucci
Reverse: An angular shield surmounted by the royal crown, bearing the Ensigns Armorial of the United Kingdom. The Hanoverian arms with an escutcheon surmounted by the royal crown in the centre of the shield.
Legend: BRITANNIARUM REX FID: DEF:
Engraver: William Wyon
1820 Half Sovereign
The half sovereign of 1820 is the rarest of the George III reign owing to the low mintage number of just 35,043 and will be a difficult coin to source in any grade and good grade examples will be very seldom seen. There is a slight variation in the size of the 0 in the date on the currency variety. There is also a significant pattern variety which attracts a Rare 5 scarcity number, so likely only 5-10 examples have survived.
George III 1820 one Sovereigns
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Milled edge proof |
Mintage: Very few |
Scarcity: Rare 4 |
Die Axis: ↑↓ |
Edge: Milled |
Marsh: 4F |
Obverse: The kings head facing right, laureate with short hair. Tie with a loop and with two ends trailing onto a bare neck.
Legend: GEORGIUS III D:G:BRITANNIAR:REX F:D
Engraver: Benedetto Pistrucci
Reverse: St George with streamer flowing from helmet, mounted and slaying the dragon with a spear, all within a garter. On the ground under the broken shaft of the spear are the tiny incuse letters B.P. for Benedetto Pistrucci, and below them on the buckle of the garter are the incuse initials W.W.P for William Wellesley Polo.
Legend: HONI.SOIT.QUI.MAL.Y.PENSE.
Engraver: Benedetto Pistrucci
Legend: GEORGIUS III D:G:BRITANNIAR:REX F:D
Engraver: Benedetto Pistrucci
Reverse: St George with streamer flowing from helmet, mounted and slaying the dragon with a spear, all within a garter. On the ground under the broken shaft of the spear are the tiny incuse letters B.P. for Benedetto Pistrucci, and below them on the buckle of the garter are the incuse initials W.W.P for William Wellesley Polo.
Legend: HONI.SOIT.QUI.MAL.Y.PENSE.
Engraver: Benedetto Pistrucci
1820 One Sovereign
There were several varieties of one sovereigns of 1820 and mintage numbers were relatively high at 2,101,996, so securing a reasonable example shouldn't prove too difficult. The many varieties offer the collector the chance of securing an interesting option to colour a collection, with the compact date closed 2 (Marsh 4B) being our favourite! It's worth noting that the mintage numbers for 1820 sovereigns include a number of coins that were minted in the first year of George IV reign, as the dies continued to be used in this period.
