bust of Priestley right
in NGC holder graded MS64
some trivial hairlines and unobtrusive contact marks
Extremely fine with good residual mint lustre
for the 25th Anniversary of the UK's membership of the European Union and Presidency of the Council of Ministers
William IV 1835 Sovereign, AU58, rare date bust of Priestley rightWilliam IV (1830 37), gold Sovereign, 1835, second bare head right, w. w. on truncation, rev. crowned quartered shield of arms, with the arms of Hanover as an escutcheon, date below, (Bentley 30; Hill 19 R; Bull EGC 1028; M. C. E. 492; S. 3829B). Toned with some light surface marks, has been slabbed and graded by NGC as AU58 rare date.