GREAT BRITAIN. 5 Pounds, 1937. London Mint. George VI. NGC PROOF-66 Ultra Cameo.S-4074; Fr-409; KM-861. Approximate Mintage: 5,500. An astounding type representative of this iconic 5 Pound, the largest denomination within the proof set issued for the 1937 coronation of George VI. Only the barest of hairlines is visible on close inspection, while the portrait and St. George motif are rendered with sculptural frost, the mirrored fields luxuriantly watery beneath. Approaching the pinnacle of surviving condition for the type, with a mere 9 examples graded finer over the NGC and PCGS population reports out of more than 1,300 certified examples.
