The COINEX Sale: Important British, Italian and World Coins

George III (1760-1820), George III (1760-1820), Pattern Guinea, 1787, by L. Pingo, in gold, laureate bust right, rev. crowned spade-shaped shield, engrailed border both sides, edge plain, 8.41g/12h (WR 103, this coin illustrated; cf. Eimer 88; Selig 1124, this coin; Montagu 525, this coin). Light hairline by front of truncation, otherwise brilliant mint state, extremely rare (£10,000-12,000)

Provenance:
E. Hawkins Collection, Sotheby Auction, 31 July-1 August 1868, lot 170
W. Brice Collection
H. Montagu Collection [from W. Brice 1887]
J.G. Murdoch Collection, Part V, Sotheby Auction, 15-19 March 1904, lot 1239 [from Spink after 1890]
Baron Philippe de Ferrari la Renotière Collection, Sotheby Auction, 27-31 March 1922, lot 8
V.M. Brand Collection
Capt K.J. Douglas-Morris Collection, Sotheby Auction, 26 November 1974, lot 111
H. Selig Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 131, 2 March 1999, lot 1124 [from Spink]