Great Britain 1692 guinea Fr-304
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This specimen was lot 1193 in Sincona sale 79 (Zürich, October 2022), where it sold for 7,000 CHF (about US$8,390 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN | Königreich, William III. and Mary, 1689-1694. Guinea 1692, London. Conjoined busts, with elephant below. Rare. NGC AU53." This type was struck 1689-94 with (shown here) and without (Fr-303) the elephant and castle symbol below the busts.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 8.35 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 8.32 g.
Catalog reference: KM 474.2, Spink 3428. Bull 371. Fr-304.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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.
- 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.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 79, British Collection, Part 3, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2022.
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