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[[Image:S75-220.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 75, lot 220]]
 
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This specimen was lot 220 in Sincona sale 75 (Zurich, May 2022), where it sold for 2,600 CHF (about US$3,156 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Grossbritannien | Königreich. George II. 1727-1760. Guinea 1745, London. Intermediate laureate head. NGC AU Details. Leicht gereinigt.'' (kingdom of [[Great Britain]], George II, 1727-60, guinea of 1745. About uncirculated, Minor cleaning.)"</blockquote> The second head was used on the guinea 1732-38; the third head was used 1739-43 and is slightly more available. This subtype, with large letters on the obverse, was used 1745-46. Guineas with "LIMA" below the bust ([[Great Britain 1745 guinea Fr-343|Fr-343]]) exist for 1745.
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This specimen was lot 220 in Sincona sale 75 (Zürich, May 2022), where it sold for 2,600 CHF (about US$3,156 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Grossbritannien | Königreich. George II. 1727-1760. Guinea 1745, London. Intermediate laureate head. NGC AU Details. Leicht gereinigt.'' (kingdom of [[Great Britain]], George II, 1727-60, guinea of 1745. About uncirculated, Minor cleaning.)"</blockquote> The second head was used on the guinea 1732-38; the third head was used 1739-43 and is slightly more available. This subtype, with large letters on the obverse, was used 1745-46. Guineas with "LIMA" below the bust ([[Great Britain 1745 guinea Fr-343|Fr-343]]) exist for 1745.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

Revision as of 12:38, 10 June 2025

Sincona sale 75, lot 220

This specimen was lot 220 in Sincona sale 75 (Zürich, May 2022), where it sold for 2,600 CHF (about US$3,156 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Grossbritannien | Königreich. George II. 1727-1760. Guinea 1745, London. Intermediate laureate head. NGC AU Details. Leicht gereinigt. (kingdom of Great Britain, George II, 1727-60, guinea of 1745. About uncirculated, Minor cleaning.)"

The second head was used on the guinea 1732-38; the third head was used 1739-43 and is slightly more available. This subtype, with large letters on the obverse, was used 1745-46. Guineas with "LIMA" below the bust (Fr-343) exist for 1745.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 8.35 g, 0.917 fine gold, .246 troy oz AGW, this specimen 8.34 g.

Catalog reference: KM 577.3, Spink 3678. Bull 604. Fr-341.

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, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 75, SINCONA British Collection - Part 2, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2022.

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