Great Britain 1702 guinea
This specimen was lot 3102 in Goldberg sale 59 (Los Angeles, May 2010), where it sold for $12,500 not including buyer's fees. The catalog description[1] noted, "Great Britain. Guinea, 1702. Queen Anne, 1702-1714. Pre-Union reverse style. Draped bust left. Reverse: Crowned cruciform arms, with alternating scepters at angles, rose at center. Extremely rare as a type and also as a date in this grade: superb luster, slightly prooflike, boldly struck everywhere Believed by in-the-know dealers to be the finest Pre-Union guinea seen in the past 50 or more years. NGC graded MS-62. Ex Dr Jacob Y. Terner Collection. Ex Millennia, Lot 353." Guineas were struck for queen Anne 1702-14 and come in many varieties. This subtype was struck 1702 and 1705-07 and is rare. None are known with the elephant and castle symbol.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 8.35 g, 0.917 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM 511.1, Spink 3562, Fr-320.
- 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.
- 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]Ira & Larry Goldberg, Goldberg sale 59: the pre-Long Beach Sale, Beverly Hills, 2010..
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