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Auction: 15031 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins - Part 2
Lot: 403

George III (1760-1820), pattern Guinea, 1761, 8.12g, by Richard Yeo, georgivs. iii. dei. gratia, young laureate head right, pointed truncation, rev. struck en medaille, m.b.f.et.h.rex.f.d.b.et.l.d.s.r.i.a.t.et.e., crowned garnished shield, seven strings to Irish harp, crown dividing date, edge plain (Montagu 517; WR 84 - R4), a few scattered marks but extremely fine with attractively toned and lustrous surfaces, very rare

provenance
Purchased from Seaby, 1946, £22.10/-
This coin was offered in the SCMB in September 1946, item G899.The ticket however was placed with another guinea of 1761, with a milled edge, sold in part I (lot 101). The correct provenance for that coin should have read 'purchased from Baldwin, 1946, £21.

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