Great Britain 1718 1/4 guinea
This specimen was lot 4852 in Sincona sale 4 (Zürich, October 2011), where it sold for 650 CHF (about US$865 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"GROSSBRITANNIEN George I. 1714-1727 ¼ Guinea 1718. Belorbeertes Brustbild nach rechts. Rv. Vier gekrönte Wappen ins Kreuz gestellt, in den Winkeln Zepter. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Great Britain, George I, 1714-27, quarter guinea of 1718. Obverse: laureate bust to right; reverse: four shields in the form of a cross, scepters in the corners. Very fine to extremely fine.)"
The only other quarter guinea of the eighteenth century is an issue of George III in 1762; both are scarce.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.08 g, 0.917 fine gold, .061 troy oz AGW, this specimen 2,10 g.
Catalog reference: S. 3638. Fr-331, KM 555.
- 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]Numismatic Coins, Medals & Banknotes: Auction 4, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2011.
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