Auction: 22096 - The "St Albans" Collection of English Gold Coins
Lot: 19
The St. Albans Collection of English Gold Coins | NGC AU58 | Anne (1702-1714), 'Post-Union' Guinea, 1710, third laureate and draped bust left, rev. crowned shields cruciform, six strings to harp, emblem-adorned sceptres in angles, edge obliquely milled, 8.36g, 6h (MCE 222; Farey 530; EGC 474; Spink 3574), some tiny scratches by I of HIB, otherwise really handsome with reddish-orange tone overlying lustrous fields, approaching extremely fine, with NGC 'St Albans' Certification, graded AU58 (#6295553-027)
Provenance
'A Distinguished Collection', purchased en bloc via Spink, August 2018
Spink, by private treaty, 7 December 2012 - [SPK2948/2] - £2,300
A private collection from Pontefract, West Yorkshire
SNC, May 1988, no. 2826* - "almost extremely fine" - £750
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Sold for
£6,500
Starting price
£3500