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HM32109

George I 1726 Guinea, fifth bust

Regular price £1,950
Regular price Sale price £1,950

George I (1714-27), gold Guinea, 1726, fifth laureate head right, legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIVS D G M BR FR. ET HIB REX. F.D, some stops absent, rev. crowned cruciform broad shields, incorporating the Arms of Hanover, ornamental sceptres in angles, garter star at centre, date either side of top crown, legend and toothed border surrounding, .BRVN ET L. DVX S.R.I.A.TH ET. EL., edge obliquely grained, weight 8.40g (Schneider 549; EGC 525; Farey 0700; MCE 261; S.3633). Cleaned, a little weak at centre and on high points, good fine.

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."

For the calendar year 1726, £872,963 worth of gold was produced into coin at the mint. Many of them would have been gold Guineas like we have herewith.

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