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GM25371

George I 1727 Guinea, fifth head, VF35, ex Baumhauer

George I (1714-27), gold Guinea, 1727, fifth laureate head right, Latin 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, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, .BRVN ET L. DVX S.R.I.A.TH ET. EL. edge obliquely grained(Schneider -; EGC 529; Farey 710 ER; MCE 297; S.3670). Red and brown toning on the obverse, particularly in the peripheries, toning spots to the lower half of reverse, graded by NGC as VF35.

NGC Certification 2124448-036.

The Latin legends translate to on obverse "George the Second by the Grace of God" continuing on the reverse in abbreviated Latin which if in shown in full reads "Magnae Britanniae Franciae ET Hiberniae Rex Fidei Defensor Brun ET Lunebergen-sis Dux, Sacri Romani Imperii Archi-Thesaurius ET Elector" and translates as "King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Luneberg, High Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire."

Provenance:

Ex Dr Rolf Baumhauer, British gold Collection, Sincona Auction 75, 16th May 2022, Lot 200.

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