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Auction: 22105 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 20 - The Wootton Collection of English Silver Coins - e-Auction
Lot: 2493

George I (1714-1727), 'South Sea Company' Crown, 1723 DECIMO, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. crowned shields cruciform, SS-C in angles, eight strings to harp, lettered edge upwards, 29.67g, 6h (Pywell-Phillips 259; Bull 1545; ESC 114; Spink 3640), cleaned and nicked, now darkly retoned, a bolder fine / near very fine

Provenance
P Viola, Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham Coin Fair, 21 July 1993



In anticipation of the 300th Anniversary of this issue in 2023, the market price for any issues of this distinctive coinage have experience a recent and evidently speculative upsurge.

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Sold for
£600

Starting price
£280