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1821 Gold Sovereign George IV Laureate Head

Price: from 1 495 €

Manufacturer: Royal Mint

Weight (grams): 8

Pure Gold content (grams): 7,3224

Fineness: 22 Carat

Dimensions: 22

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Product ID: 6791

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Obverse - GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA

Reverse - BRITANNIARUM REX F:D

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About George IV:

George was Prince Regent from 1811 until 1820 and his father's death. King George III's mental health declined steadily during the latter years of his reign, but it is believed medical malpractice and mercury poisoning was the cause. George IV took over in 1820 and ruled for 10 years, but he was considered a national liability and a poor king.

Historian John Raymond had this to say of the hapless royal in History Today back in 1962:

"Thrift, uxoriousness and hard work were the cardinal admirations of the mid-nineteenth century and it must be admitted that the Prince Regent excelled in none of them. His extravagance was proverbial, his treatment of his wife an historic scandal; he toiled not, neither did he spin.

He was an unbounded liar, a heartless father, a fashionable corpulence in stays, an unconscionable imbiber of cherry brandy."

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