with double arched crown
Toned with very light surface marks
annulet stops in abbreviated Latin legend +Ih+C*aVT+o TRaNSIENSo PERo MEDIVMo ILLORV+o IBaT weight 6
with edge inscription 'ON THE ORIGINS OF SPECIES 1859'
though with a good and distinctive portrait for this extreme rarity
George IV 1824 Sovereign, laureate head, AU58 with double arched crownGeorge IV (1820 30), gold Sovereign, 1824, first laureate head left, B. P. for Benedetto Pistrucci below neck, legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D: rev. St George and dragon right, date in exergue, B. P. to upper right of exergue, WWP on ground line below lance for William Wellesley Pole, 7. 99g (Bentley 15; Hill 8; S. 3800). Toned with some light hairlines, has been graded by NGC as AU58.