Great Britain 1734 guinea
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This specimen was lot 71137 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2022), where it sold for $1,320. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Guinea, 1734. London Mint. George II. PCGS Genuine--Tooled, EF Details. Despite the tooling, this example provides good details and remains a presentable example of a George II Guinea." This type was struck for Georg II 1734-38. It is not rare but is expensive.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 8.35 g, 0.917 fine gold.
Catalog reference: S-3674; Fr-339; KM 573.3.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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