Auction Catalogue

26 September 2007

Starting at 10:00 AM

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The COINEX Sale: Important British, Italian and World Coins

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 439

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26 September 2007

Hammer Price:
£9,000

George III (1760-1820), George III (1760-1820), Pattern Guinea, 1813, by T. Wyon, in gold, laureate bust right, rev. crowned ornamented square shield of arms, edge grained, 8.15g/12h (WR 122, this coin illustrated; Selig 1144, this coin; Montagu 535). Some light scuffing, particularly in reverse field, otherwise extremely fine and brilliant, extremely rare (£8,000-10,000)

Provenance:
V.M. Brand Collection
Mrs R.H. Norweb Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 45, 13 June 1985, lot 261 [from New Netherlands Coin Co 1951]
H. Selig Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 131, 2 March 1999, lot 1144