340 - 19th January A
Some dusky toning over near full lustre
with beautifully composed types seen in perspective
façade of the school building
silver a little unevenly toned
George VI 1937 proof Five-Pounds, PF63 CAMEO 340 - 19th January AGeorge 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 marks within the toning, otherwise as struck, has been slabbed and graded by NGC as PF63 Cameo, becoming rare in the UK market.