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George III 1808 Half-Guinea, seventh head, NGC AU58

George III (1760-1820), gold Half-Guinea, 1808, Military type, seventh laureate head right, legend GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA, rev. quartered shield of arms within crowned garter, French legend on garter HONI. SOIT. QUI. MAL. Y. PENSE., date below, legend commences upper right, BRITANNIARUM REX FIDEI DEFENSOR, weight 4.24g (Schneider -; EGC 852; MCE 444; S.3737). Toned example with good underlying residual mint lustre, graded by NGC as AU58.

NGC Certification 2124454-015.

The Latin legends translate to on obverse "George the Third by the Grace of God" continuing on the reverse in abbreviated Latin which if in shown in full reads "King of all the Britons, Defender of the Faith," the French language garter motto translates as "Evil to him, who evil thinks."

Provenance:

Ex Dr Rolf Baumhauer, British gold Collection, Sincona Auction 75, 16th May 2022, Lot 295.

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