Great Britain 1747 1/2 guinea

Sincona sale 75, lot 222

This specimen was lot 222 in Sincona sale 75 (Zurich, May 2022), where it sold for 1,900 CHF (about US$2,306 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "Grossbritannien | Königreich. George II. 1727-1760. 1/2 Guinea 1747, London. Old laureate head. NGC XF40." 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, 0.917 fine gold, .123 troy oz AGW, this specimen 4.17 g.

Catalog reference: KM 587, Spink 3685. Bull 649. Fr-349.

Source:

• 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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