three pellets in field before face
CIVI TAS ◊LOn DOn
rarest date for the Irish Republic Halfcrown
Struck slightly off-centre revealing much more edge work than you would normally find
Elizabeth II 1958 Gillick Sovereign, MS65, 1st portrait three pellets in field beforeElizabeth II (1952 2022), gold Sovereign, 1958, young laureate head right, MG on truncation for designer Mary Gillick, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, +ELIZABETH. II. DEI. GRATIA. REGINA. F: D:, rev. St. George and dragon right, date in exergue, B. P to upper right of exergue for engraver Benedetto Pistrucci, edge milled, 7. 98g (Bentley 369: Marsh 298; S. 4125). A superb example retaining full mint lustre, graded by NGC as MS65.