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Auction: 22109 - The David Hoover Collection of Crowns: 1551-1953
Lot: 2088

(x) NGC AU58 | George I (1714-1727), 'South Sea Company' Crown, 1723 DECIMO, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. crowned shields cruciform, SS-C in angles commencing from second quarter, eight strings to harp, lettered edge downwards, 29.88g, 6h (Pywell-Phillips 259; Bull 1545; ESC 114; Spink 3640), lightly flecked, otherwise a superb cabinet coin, the central devices handsomely struck up and accentuated by residual flare, well-balanced with great eye-appeal, extremely fine, in NGC 'Mildenhall' holder, conservatively graded AU58 (Cert. #2118346-008)

Provenance
Mildenhall, CNG Keystone 5, 13 October 2021, lot 77 - well struck with much brilliance. A rare and desirable type coin - $7,500
Spink, by private treaty, September 1992



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Sold for
£4,200

Starting price
£3800