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Detailed information about Coin: Five Pounds 1820 (Pattern) from United Kingdom
| Description | Pattern, minted in the very highest quality (FDC) only. |
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| Country | United Kingdom | Currency | Pound Sterling (pre-decimal) | ||||||
| Face value | 5 (x Pound) | Type | Five Pounds (Pre-decimal) | ||||||
| Year | 1820 | Current | No (demonetised 1971) | ||||||
| Mintage | unknown | ||||||||
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| Material | 0.9167 Gold | Designer | |||||||
| Monarch | King George III | Effigy | Portrait by Benedetto Pistrucci (Laureate Head) | ||||||
| Production technology | Milled (machine-made) | Shape | Round | ||||||
| Size (mm) | 36 | Thickness (mm) | |||||||
| Mass (g) | 39.9403 | ||||||||
| Obverse | Laureate head of King George III facing right; around, GEORGIUS III D: G: BRITANNIARUM REX F: D: 1820; below the truncation of the neck in small letters PISTRUCCI. |
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| Obverse inscription | GEORGIUS III D: G: BRITANNIARUM REX F: D: 1820 | ||||||||
| Reverse | St George on horseback advancing to right wearing a helmet and cape and holding a sword; below horse, fallen dragon with lance in its side; in exergue at right in small letters PISTRUCCI. |
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| Reverse inscription | (none) | ||||||||
| Edge | Inscribed | Edge inscription | DECUS ET TUTAMEN. ANNO REGNI LX. | ||||||
| Variety | Mintage | Details |
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| Proof FDC, plain edge | 2, Rarity: R7 (Highest rarity possible, 3 or less examples known) |
| Source | Reference ID |
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| Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World | Great Britain 226 (Lettered edge) and 227 (Plain) |
| Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | Great Britain KM# Pn84 (Lettered) and Pn83 (Plain) |
| Spink, Coins of England and the United Kingdom | 3783 |
| Source | Edition | About | Link | Notes |
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| Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins | 1971 | Mint | ||
| Spink, Coins of England and the United Kingdom | Mintage | Proof FDC plain edge mintage | ||
| Spink, Coins of England and the United Kingdom | Varieties | Proof FDC plain edge |
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| Royal Mint Bullion |
| Five Pounds 1820 (Pattern) | Five Pounds 1826 (Proof only) | Five Pounds 1831 (Pattern) | Five Pounds 1839 (Proof only) | Five Pounds 1887 | Five Pounds 1893 |
| Five Pounds 1902 | Five Pounds 1911 (Proof only) | Five Pounds 1937 Edward VIII (not released) | Five Pounds 1937 (Proof only) | Five Pounds 1953 (not released) |