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Auction: 22096 - The "St Albans" Collection of English Gold Coins
Lot: 29

(g) The St. Albans Collection of English Gold Coins | NGC MS63 | George III (1760-1820), 'Military' Guinea, 1813, sixth laureate head right, rev. crowned shield within Garter, edge chevron milled, 8.41g, 12h (MCE 404; Farey 1390; EGC 737; Stratos 113; Spink 3730), arrestingly brilliant even for this frequently encountered 'high grade' one year type, notes of ochre-red encroaching from peripheries, otherwise an exceptional example for type, good extremely fine, and truly much as struck, a highly prized type in modern commerce and rare even thus, with NGC 'St Albans' Certification, graded MS63 (#6295553-038)

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

Spink 214, 26 September 2012, lot 672 (front cover lot) - "full brilliance, light red tone, an exceptional example of this type, good extremely fine, rare" - £3,600
SNC, August 2000, no. 3131 - "brilliant, with a light red tone, good extremely fine" - £1,000

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Sold for
£10,000

Starting price
£4800