Great Britain 1736 guinea

Ponterio sale 182, lot 1060

photo courtesy Stacks Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 1060 in Ponterio sale 182 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $4,406.25. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Guinea, 1736. PCGS MS-62 Secure Holder. George II (1727-60). From the Argo Collection." George II guineas come in numerous varieties and this type was issued 1733-38.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 8.35 g, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-339; S-3674; KM-573.3.

Source:

• 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.
• 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.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 182: The January 2014 NYINC Auction: World Coins, Irvine, CA: Stacks Bowers LLC.

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