Great Britain 1691 guinea Fr-303

Heritage sale 3067, lot 31599

This specimen was lot 31599 in Heritage sale 3067 (Long Beach, September 2018), where it sold for $1,560. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain: William & Mary gold Guinea 1691 VF/XF. A possible ex-jewelry piece, some scuffs and cleaning to the surface; despite this, however, the coin remains praiseworthy and attractive, underlying luster and the beginnings of a light russet tone forming at the peripheries. William and Mary's dual portraits exhibit only light wear, remaining bold with deep detail commensurate with a strong strike. A scarce Guinea with strong eye appeal. From the Collection of a Berkshire Gentleman." This type was struck with (Fr-305) and without (shown here) the elephant and castle symbol below the busts.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 8.35 g, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM 474.1, S-3426, Fr-303.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• 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.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• ^[1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2018 September 6-11 Long Beach Expo World Coins & Ancient Coins Signature Auction #3067, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.

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