Anne 1714 Guinea, VF35, 3rd bust, ex Ellerby Hoard

Anne (1702-14), gold Guinea, 1714, Post-Union, third draped bust left, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, ANNA. DEI. GRATIA., rev. Post-Union 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 milled (Schneider -; Bull EGC 479; Farey 0570; MCE 226; S.3574). Toned with a surface mark to the left of obverse portrait, light scratching on reverse with patches of lustre, graded and conserved by NGC as VF35 with Ellerby Hoard label.

NGC Certification 6380983-178 - with custom Ellerby Area Hoard label - crowned AR motif as taken from design feature on the pot the coins were housed in upon discovery.

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

The 1714 calendar year had an output of £1,313,907 worth of gold struck into coin. This figure includes the 'Prince Elector' Guinea of George I struck in the same year. The exact number breakdown of both is therefore unknown.

Provenance:

Ex Ellerby Hoard, Spink Auction 22027, 7^th of October 2022, Lot 182.

The Ellerby Hoard was the numismatic find of 2022 and has been more fully written up with its amazing results in Coin News December 2022 pages 40-43 by John Andrew.

The hoard consisted of 264 gold coins all hidden in a pot of similar stature to a modern fizzy drink can and was hidden under the floor near a door lintel in one of the older houses in the Ellerby area of Yorkshire. The gold coins ranged in date from 1610 to 1727 and likely represented a significant proportion of the wealth of Hull merchant and trader Joseph Fernley who married the younger Sarah Maisters in 1694 and lived at the house through the period of the later date range of the coins in the hoard. Joseph died in 1725 at the age of 76 so the last coins were added by Sarah Maisters who did not pass away till 1745 at the age of 80. The hoard was sold by Spink in October of 2022 for a total hammer price of £625,000 which totalled £754,000 with the buyers premium.