with a beautiful old cabinet tone and a superb old provenance to some of the finest collections of the early 20th century
CAROLVS IIII
some nicks and hairline marks mainly on bust
rev first crowned quartered shield of arms with an escutcheon of the Lion of Nassau
Fields very lightly buffed
Elizabeth II 2008 proof Two-Pounds - London Olympic Centenary with a beautiful old cabinetElizabeth II (1952 2022), gold proof Two Pounds, 2008, for the 100th Anniversary of the 1908 London Olympic Games, crowned head right in 22 carat yellow gold, IRB initials below for designer Ian Rank Broadley, Latin legend surrounding, ELIZABETH II. DEI. GRA. REG. FID. DEF., rev. A running track on which the date '1908' is superimposed, accompanied by 'TWO POUNDS' and the date '2008', all encircled by 'LONDON OLYMPIAD CENTENARY', with edge inscription