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Auction: 20005 - The Stratos Sale of Spectacular English Gold Coins
Lot: 161

George I (1714-1727), Two-Guineas, 1726, laureate head right, rev. crowned shields cruciform, emblem-adorned sceptres in angles, edge obliquely milled, 8.27g, 5h (Murdoch II, 8; Waterbird 18; Schneider II, 543; MCE 244; Spink 3627), attractive mint bloom, and much as struck, an exceptional survivor, superior even to the remarkable Waterbird example and with a solid pedigree

Provenance
The Carlisle Collection
D'Amelia ['Highly important collection'], Spink 91, 1 May 1992, lot 76 - 'brilliant, practically mint state and rare thus'
Whetmore, Glendining, 24 March 1943, lot 8 - 'brilliant and rare' - £31.0.0 [Spink]



NGC MS65 (Certification #5878605-003) [Top Pop]

https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/5878605-003/65/

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Sold for
£48,000

Starting price
£6000