Difference between revisions of "Great Britain 1771 guinea"
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* [[Great Britain 1771 farthing|1771 farthing]] | * [[Great Britain 1771 farthing|1771 farthing]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1771 half penny|1771 half penny]] | * [[Great Britain 1771 half penny|1771 half penny]] | ||
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* [[Great Britain 1773 guinea|1773 guinea]] | * [[Great Britain 1773 guinea|1773 guinea]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1771]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1771]] | ||
Revision as of 14:16, 17 November 2022
This specimen was lot 20289 in Ponterio sale 176 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $2,350. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. George III, 1760-1820. Guinea, 1771. Third laureate bust right. Rv. Crowned quartered shield with arms. A beautiful coin with lustrous surfaces. Virtually Mint State. NGC AU-58. Ex: Spink, 1986." This type is listed for 1765-73 and is the first guinea of George III not extremely rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 8.35 g, .917 fine gold.
Catalog reference: S-3727; Fr-354; KM-600.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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]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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