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Revision as of 11:23, 17 November 2022
This specimen was lot 225 in Sincona sale 75 (Zurich, May 2022), where it sold for 5,500 CHF (about US$6,676 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Grossbritannien | Königreich. George II. 1727-1760. 1/2 Guinea 1751/0, London. Old laureate head. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. NGC MS62. Feine Goldtönung. (Rare in this condition, Nice gold toning.)"
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, .917 fine gold, .123 troy oz AGW, this specimen 4.19 g.
Catalog reference: KM 587, Spink 3685, Bull 654, 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, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 75, SINCONA British Collection - Part 2, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2022.
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