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GM28139

George I 1718 Half-Guinea, first head, AU58

Regular price £5,000
Regular price Sale price £5,000

George I (1714-27), gold Half-Guinea, 1718, first laureate head right, legend surrounding, GEORGIVS. D.G. M.B.FE. ET. HIB. REX. F.D. rev. crowned cruciform shields, incorporating the Arms of Hanover, sceptres in angles, garter star at centre, date either side of tope crown, BRVN ET. L. DVX S.R.I.A.TH ET. EL. (Schneider -; Bull EGC 533; MCE 266; S.3635). Toned with some red colour, some light hairlines and surface marks, has been slabbed and graded by NGC as AU58.

NGC certification 2130715-032.

The abbreviated Latin legends translate as on the obverse "George by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith" and on the reverse as "Duke of Brunswick and Luneberg, High Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire."

We note the calendar year output of gold for 1718 totalled £140,642.

Provenance:

Ex Spink Numismatic Circular, April 1994, item 1677 (as overdate).

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