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GM28163

George III 1794 Guinea MS62, fifth head, spade reverse

Regular price £2,500
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George III (1760-1820),gold Guinea, 1794, 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., weight 8.37g (Schneider -; Bull EGC 725; MCE 398; Farey 1330; S.3729). Toned, some light surface marks, has been slabbed and graded by NGC as MS62.

NGC Certification 2130716-039.

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 gold output for calendar year 1794 was £2,558,955 which is the sixth highest of the spade guinea period.

Provenance:

Purchased from Bank Leu Switzerland, July 2001, lot 128.

Ex Dr Rolf Baumhauer, British gold collection, part 3, Sincona auction 79, 24th October 2022, lot 1327.

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