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HM29453

George I 1726 Two-Guineas MS61, final year in the reign for this issue

George I (1714-27), gold Two Guineas, 1726, laureate head right, legend and toothed border 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 top crown, BRVN ET. L. DVX S.R.I.A.TH ET. EL., edge, diagonally grained (Schneider 543; MCE 244; S.3627). Toned with a haymarking both sides, graded by NGC as MS61.

NGC Certification 6319469-002.

1726 is the final year for the gold Two Guineas of George I, and the calendar year output of gold was £872,963 which was the fourth highest of the reign. Sir Isaac Newton was still Master Worker at this time but died the year after this coin was produced. Newton was the first 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 A. H. Baldwin, Fixed Price List, Summer 2013, item BM010.

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