Lot 168: UK 1935 George V Silver Crown

A UK silver crown, issued to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V. The obverse features the left-facing portrait of King George V with the circumscribed legend GEORGIVS V. DG. BRITT: OMN: REX. FD. IND: IMP:. Small initials B.M. are struck at the base of the neck for the designer Bertram Mackennal. The reverse displays a modernistic interpretation of Saint George on horseback slaying a dragon, with the word CROWN above and the date 1935 to the right. This reverse design is the work of Percy Metcalfe. The coin is struck in .500 fine silver. The edge is incuse-lettered with the inscription DECUS ET TUTAMEN ANNO REGNI XXV.