Great Britain 1753 1/2 guinea
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This specimen was lot 228 in Sincona sale 75 (Zürich, May 2022), where it sold for 2,200 CHF (about US$2,670 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "Grossbritannien | Königreich. George II. 1727-1760. 1/2 Guinea 1753, London. Old laureate head. NGC AU53." This head, the final one for George II, was used 1747-60. It is the first issue of this denomination that is not very scarce.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4.18 g, 0.917 fine gold, .123 troy oz AGW, this specimen 4.14 g.
Catalog reference: KM 587, Spink 3685, Bull 656, Fr-349.
- 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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