above the cap of maintenance with plain interior
some remaining redness
Mishapen as usual with an old tone
POSVI DEVm' A DIVTOR Ex mEVm
Some Verdigris on obverse
Elizabeth II 1980 4-coin proof Set, 1st year of issue above the cap of maintenanceElizabeth II (1952 2022), gold proof Set, 1980, Five Pounds, Two Pounds, Sovereign, Half Sovereign, crowned head right, obverse portrait by Arnold Machin, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, ELIZABETH. II. DEI. GRATIA REGINA. F. D, rev. St George and dragon right, 1980 in exergue, B. P. to upper right of exergue for designer Benedetto Pistrucci. This was the first gold proof set issued under the reign of Elizabeth II (S. PGS01). Proof state,