Great Britain 1706 5 guineas

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Heritage sale 3020, lot 23984
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 23984 in Heritage sale 3020 (Long Beach, September 2012), where it sold for $10,868.75. The catalog description[1] noted, "Anne gold 5 Guineas 1706, Post Union, Genuine 'Mount Removed' PCGS, sharply detailed." Five guineas were issued only sporadically in the eighteenth century and all are rare. Amazingly, two types are listed for 1706, the other (KM 520.2) showing the arms of England and Scotland on separate shields on the reverse.

Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.

Specification: 41.75 g, 0.917 fine gold, 1.230 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-317, S-3566, KM 521.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • 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]Tucker, Warren, and Cris Bierrenbach, Heritage Signature Auction 3020: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012.

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