Great Britain 1714 5 guineas

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Sincona sale 75, lot 185

This specimen was lot 185 in Sincona sale 75 (Zürich, May 2022), where it sold for 60,000 CHF (about US$72,828 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Grossbritannien | Königreich. Anne, 1702-1714. 5 Guineas 1714/3, London. D. TERTIO. Post-Union type. Draped bust. Selten. NGC AU55. (Rare.)"

This type, struck 1711-14, has long been popular among deep-pocketed collectors looking for big, glamorous gold coins. No other country struck gold coins this big in the eighteenth century except for some German portugaloser (ten ducats, 34.90 g) and Brazilian 20,000 réis (53.78 g). This denomination was last struck in 1753.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 41.75 g, 0.917 fine gold, 1.230 troy oz AGW, this specimen 41.78 g.

Catalog reference: KM 535, Spink 3568. Bull 453. Fr-317.

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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