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Auction: 21005 - The Piccadilly List (Fixed Price, First Come First Served)
Lot: 22

BUY NOW: £22,000 | George II (1727-1760), Five-Guineas, 1729 TERTIO, 'East India Company', GEORGIVS • II • DEI • GRATIA •, laureate head left, plain truncation, E•I•C below, rev. 29 • M • B • F • ET • H • REX • F • D • B • ET • L • D • S • R • I • A • T • ET • E • 17, crowned garnished shield, semée of seven hearts, eleven strings to Irish harp, | DECVS • ET • TVTAMEN ANNO • REGNI • TERTIO • downwards on edge, inverted Ns in ANNO and REGNI, 41.93g, 7h (King 161-162; Stratos 198; Marston 24626 this coin; Schneider II, 556, dies 2/2; EGC 553; MCE 279; Spink 3664), struck on a defective and 'adjusted' planchet with heavy flawing to hair at nape of neck, to truncation and to corresponding area of reverse, otherwise flashy original mint surfaces, about extremely fine, a strong 'AU Details' coin rendered extremely affordable on account of the unfortunate mint error

Provenance
Spink 174, 30 June 2005, lot 147


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Estimate
£22,000

Starting price
£22000