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BG02054
George III 1797 Third Guinea, 1st type
George III (1760-1820), gold Third Guinea, 1797, first laureate head right, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA. rev. large crown, legend and date surrounding commencing lower left, MAG. BRI. FR. ET. HIB. REX. 1797, weight 2.78g (MCE 449; S.3738). Toned very fine.
The Latin legends translate as on obverse "George III by the grace of God" and on the reverse "King of Great Britain, France and Ireland."
Provenance:
Ex Spink Numismatic Circular, May 2009, item EG56.
This coin illustrated in "Coinage and Currency in Eighteenth Century Britain, The Provincial Coinage" by David W Dykes, page 39, number 36.




