Elizabeth II 1980 4-coin proof Set, 1st year of issue E DWARD'x DEI'x G'x REX'x

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Elizabeth II 1980 4-coin proof Set, 1st year of issue E DWARD'x DEI'x G'x REX'xElizabeth 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,