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HM29710

George III 1793 Guinea, fifth bust, spade type reverse NGC MS63

Regular price £3,500
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George III (1760-1820), gold Guinea, 1793, fifth laureate head right, GEORGIVS .III. DEI.GRATIA, rev. spade shaped crowned quartered shield of arms, date below, legend reads in abbreviated Latin commencing lower left M.B.F. ET. H. REX. F.D. B.ET. L. D. S. R. I. A. T ET. E. (Farey 1320; MCE 397; EGC 722; S.3729).Toned, with underlying brilliance, has been slabbed and graded by NGC as MS63.

NGC Certification 1523698-008

The Latin legends translate to on obverse "George III 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."

The Mint record of gold output for the calendar year 1793 amounts to a total of £2,747,430 worth of gold, the ninth highest of the reign.

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