Great Britain 1739 guinea
This specimen was lot 1172 in Sincona sale 76 (Zürich, May 2022), where it sold for 5,250 CHF (about US$6,373 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"GROSSBRITANNIEN, koenigreich. George II. 1727-1760. Guinea 1739, London. Intermediate laureate head. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Fast FDC. NGC UNC Details. Auf der Vorderseite minimale Bearbeitungsspuren. (kingdom of Great Britain, George II, 1727-60, guinea of 1739, Intermediate laureate head. Rare in this condition, About uncirculated, Minor traces of tooling on the obverse.)"
The second head was used on the guinea 1732-38; the third head (shown here) was used 1739-43 and is slightly more available. Guineas with "E.I.C." below the bust exist for 1739.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 8.35 g, 0.917 fine gold, .246 troy oz AGW, this specimen 8.40 g.
Catalog reference: KM 577.1, Spink 3676. Fr-341.
- 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 76, The Annemarie and Gerd Köhlmoos Collection, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2022.
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