Great Britain 1787 1/2 guinea
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This specimen was lot 21092 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Guinea, 1787. George III (1760-1820). NGC MS-62. Fifth portrait. Boldly struck with even handling in the fields that determines the grade. A tough coin in Mint State grade." This type, struck 1787-1800, is the commonest English gold coin of the eighteenth century. Proofs exist of this date.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4.175 g, 0.917 fine gold.
Catalog reference: S-3735; Fr-362; KM-608.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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.
- Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
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