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Auction: 24004 - British and World Coins and Medals Spring Auction
Lot: 266

George III (1760-1820), 'Rose' Half-Guinea, 1774, third laureate head right, rev. crowned garnished shield, edge obliquely milled, 4.19g [64.7grns], 6h (Montagu -; Murdoch -; Selig -; cf. SCMB, May 1980, A380; MCE 415; Schlumberger p. 214, no. 56; EGC 812 [R4]; Spink 3733), light friction in otherwise lustrous fields, a small die break behind head, OF THE HIGHEST RARITY with this 'rejected' portrait, wanting from even the greatest and most specialised Georgian numismatic cabinets of the past and present, with NGC certification (Cert. #6767979-003)

Provenance

Künker 271, 4 February 2016, lot 515 - 5,500 Euros


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£10,000

Starting price
£9000