George VI 1937 proof Five-Pounds, PF61, Coronation issue Catherine Cornaro (1474-1489)

Catherine Cornaro (1474-1489)

Mint letter M at centre of ground-line

celebratory pattern of twelve stars reflecting the European flag with the dates 1973 and 1998 and the letters E U

and a very rare mint mark indeed

George VI 1937 proof Five-Pounds, PF61, Coronation issue Catherine Cornaro (1474-1489)George VI (1936 52), gold Proof Five Pounds, 1937, bare head left, initials HP below neck for Humphrey Paget, GEORGIVS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP: rev. St George and dragon right, date in exergue, B. P. to upper right of exergue, edge plain (L&S 1; WR 435; S. 4074). A few light hairlines, nick under chin in field, some tone spots on reverse, otherwise as struck, has been slabbed and graded by NGC as PF61, becoming rare in the UK market.