Great Britain 1709 guinea Fr-322

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Sincona sale 75, lot 181

This specimen was lot 181 in Sincona sale 75 (Zürich, May 2022), where it sold for 32,000 CHF (about US$38,842 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Grossbritannien | Königreich. Anne, 1702-1714. Guinea 1709, London. Post-Union type. Second draped bust, with elephant and castle below. NGC MS61. Überdurchschnittliche Erhaltung. (Extraordinary condition.)"

This guinea of 1708-09 comes with (shown here) or without an elephant and castle below the bust. This issue obtains a premium of about 40% over the plain type (Fr-320).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 8.35 g, 0.917 fine gold, 0.246 troy oz AGW, this specimen 8.36 g.

Catalog reference: KM 529.2, Spink 3573. Bull 471. Fr-322.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • 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]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 75, SINCONA British Collection - Part 2, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2022.

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