Great Britain 1775 guinea
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This specimen was lot 24953 in Heritage sale 3015 (Long Beach, September 2011), where it sold for $1,150. The catalog description[1] noted, "George III gold Guinea 1775, 4th Bust, Rose style, AU53 PCGS, bold strike, loads of luster, most pleasing gold toning." This type, one of several used during George's long reign, is noted for 1774-86.
Recorded mintage: unknown but not rare.
Specification: 8.35 g, 0.917 fine gold, .246 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: S.3728; Fr-355; KM-604.
- 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]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3015, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2011.
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