Great Britain 1691 5 guineas Fr-299

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Ponterio sale 168, lot 40143
photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 40143 in Ponterio sale 168 (Philadelphia, August 2012), where it sold for $6,785. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 5 Guineas, 1691. NGC XF Details--Mount Removed. William & Mary (1688-94). Some tooling on obverse." This expensive type, struck 1691-94, also comes with an elephant privy mark under the busts, indicating African gold (see Fr-300).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 41.75 g, 0.917 fine gold, 1.23 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-299; S-3422; KM-479.1.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
  • Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 168: The Official ANA Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.

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