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Auction: 22096 - The "St Albans" Collection of English Gold Coins
Lot: 20

The St. Albans Collection of English Gold Coins | NGC AU55 | Anne (1702-1714), 'Post-Union' Guinea, 1713, second N of ANNA over higher misaligned N, third laureate and draped bust left, tie touches R of GRATIA, rev. crowned shields cruciform, seven strings to harps, emblem-adorned sceptres in angles, edge obliquely milled, 8.33g, 6h (MCE 225; Farey 560; EGC 477; Spink 3574), lightly cleaned but lustrous, a bold very fine, with NGC 'St Albans' Certification, generously graded AU55 (#6295553-028)

Provenance
'A Distinguished Collection', purchased en bloc via Spink, August 2018

M Roberts, by private treaty, September 2011 - [MG-0240] - £2,450
Künker 186, 17 March 2011, lot 7703 - "sehr schönvorzüglich" - £1,800



This is an exceedingly unusual obverse die for the date with not only the die-sinker's overpunch testified in the regnal name, but also the tie of her diadem interracting with the R of GRATIA when usually there is space between. The only other occasion on which the portrait so flagrantly interacts with the surrounding legends are on the Two-Guinea issues of 1738 under George II.

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Sold for
£5,500

Starting price
£2400