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5 Pounds - George IV
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 1826 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA · 1826 · (Translation: George the Fourth by the Grace of God) |
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| Mintage | 1826 - Proof - 150 |
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The 1826 five-pound piece — more properly a five-sovereign or "quintuple sovereign" — was struck as a proof for the new coinage series George IV ordered following his coronation-era currency reforms. The Royal Mint had just relocated from the Tower of London to Tower Hill in 1810, and by 1826 was equipped with Boulton's steam-powered presses; virtually no examples of this date were intended for circulation. William Wyon engraved the dies, working under Benedetto Pistrucci's long shadow at the Mint.
Issued quantities were minuscule — produced primarily for presentation sets and the King's personal distribution.