Great Britain 1701 guinea Fr-313

Ponterio sale 176, lot 20235

This specimen was lot 20235 in Ponterio sale 176 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $1,998. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. William III, 1694-1702. Guinea, 1701. NGC AU Details--Surface Hairlines. Second laureate bust right. Rv. Crowned cruciform shields with scepters in angles. Signs of an old cleaning. Ex: Seaby, 1981." This type was struck with (Fr-314) and without (shown here) the elephant symbol below the bust.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 8.35 g, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: S-3463; Fr-313; KM-498.1.

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, and Bruce Roland Hagen, Ponterio sale 176: The Thos. H. Law Collection of English Gold Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.
• 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.

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