Five Pounds 1831 (Pattern), Coin from United Kingdom

Five Pounds 1831 (Pattern), Coin from United Kingdom (demonetised 1971)

Coin	Five Pounds 1831 (Pattern)

Mint	Royal Mint	Mint Mark	No mint mark	Total Mintage	unknown
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Obverse
Bare head of William IV facing right; incuse on truncation of neck the artist's initials WW (William Wyon); around, GULIELMUS IIII D:G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:

Obverse Inscription	GULIELMUS IIII D:G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:

Reverse
Square topped shield on mantle, crowned; the shield is quartered with the arms of England (1 & 4), Scotland (2) and Ireland (3) with the crowned arms of the Duchy of Brunswick and Luneberg at the centre; at base, the collar of the Garter; around below, ANNO 1831.

Reverse Inscription	ANNO 1831

Edge	Plain	Edge Inscription	None

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Five Pounds 1831 (Pattern): References to Information Used

Source	Edition	About	Link	Notes
Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World	1965	Mint

All (11) coins of type: Five Sovereigns (Pre-decimal)

Coin Name	Mintage	Effigy	Legend
Five Pounds 1820 (Pattern)	unknown	Portrait by Benedetto Pistrucci (Laureate Head)	GEORGIUS III D: G: BRITANNIARUM REX F: D: 1820
Five Pounds 1826 (Proof only)	150	King George IV - Bare Head	GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA 1826
Five Pounds 1831 (Pattern)	unknown	King William IV - Bare Head	GULIELMUS IIII D:G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:
Five Pounds 1839 Una and the Lion	400	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIARUM REGINA F: D:
Five Pounds 1887	54,641	Queen Victoria - Jubilee Head	VICTORIA D: G: BRITT: REG: F: D:
Five Pounds 1893	21,178	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·
Five Pounds 1902	42,977	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII D: G: BRITT: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP:
Five Pounds 1911 (Proof only)	2,812	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Five Pounds 1937 Edward VIII (not released)	unknown	King Edward VIII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VIII D : G : BR : OMN : REX F : D : IND : IMP.
Five Pounds 1937 (Proof only)	5,501	King George VI - Bare Head	GEORGIVS VI D : G : BR : OMN : REX F : D : IND : IMP.
Five Pounds 1953 (not released)	unknown	Queen Elizabeth II - First Portrait	ELIZABETH II DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REGINA F: D: +

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Five Pounds 1831 (Pattern): Details

Country	United Kingdom
Currency	Pound Sterling (pre-decimal)
Coin Type	Five Sovereigns (Pre-decimal)
Issued	1831
Monarch	King William IV
Effigy	King William IV - Portrait by William Wyon
Face Value	5 (x Pound)
Total Mintage	unknown
Current	No; demonetised 1971
Material	0.9167 Gold
Technology	Milled (machine-made)
Shape	Round
Size	36.0000 mm
Mass	39.9403 g
OCC ID	DANM-QOPY-CPAG-EJYG

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Five Pounds 1831 (Pattern): Catalogue Reference IDs

Source	Reference ID
Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World	Great Britain 239
Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins	Great Britain KM# Pn99

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