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Auction: 22096 - The "St Albans" Collection of English Gold Coins
Lot: 24

The St. Albans Collection of English Gold Coins | NGC UNC Details | George I (1714-1727), Guinea, 1721, fourth laureate head right, rev. crowned shields cruciform, six strings to harp, six hearts, emblem-adorned ornamental sceptres in angles, edge obliquely milled, 8.31g, 5h (MCE 253; Farey 650; EGC 514; Spink 3631), smoothed on cheek, a tiny test cut at reverse 3 o'clock and once lightly wiped, otherwise residually lustrous and most handsomely struck up and uniform, almost extremely fine, with NGC 'St Albans' Certification, harshly graded UNC Details ~ Obverse Repaired (#6295553-034)

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

Spink, by private treaty, February 2012 - [SPK4224/1] - £2,850

From a private collection on the Isle of Man

SNC, February 1998, no. 1079 - "small rim flaw on reverse, lightly polished, good very fine - £700

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Sold for
£2,000

Starting price
£1800