Anne 1711 Two-Guineas, Post-Union, NGC AU58

Anne (1702-14), gold Two Guineas, 1711, draped bust left, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, ANNA. DEI. GRATIA., rev. crowned cruciform shields, sceptres in angles, garter star at centre, date either side of top crown, abbreviated Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, MAG BRI. FR ET. HIB REG., edge grained (Bull EGC 455; MCE 206; S.3569). Brilliant with light overtone, some hairlines and light flecking, has been graded and slabbed by NGC as AU58.

NGC Certification 5880283-002 - we note as of May 2026 that 31 pieces of this date have been graded by NGC of which only 8 are finer. For comparison PCGS have only graded 12 of which four are finer.

The Latin legends on this coin translate as "Anne by the Grace of God" and on the reverse "Queen of Great Britain, France and Ireland."

The calendar year output of gold was £414,918 which was the third highest of the reign. Sir Isaac Newton was the Master Worker of the Mint at this time and later went on to officially call the gold coinage the "guinea" in a report made in the Mint papers of 1717. The gold coins had been called Guineas colloquially since the time that gold dust and metal began to be imported from the African country of Guinea, during the reign of Charles II.

Provenance:

Ex Heritage Auction, New York, 21^st January 2021, lot 31186.

Ex Heritage Auction, Dallas, 19^th August 2021, lot 33210.

Ex Heritage Auction, New York, 13^th January 2025, lot 33216.