Auction: 23004 - Ancient and British Coins - Featuring the 'White Rose' Collection
Lot: 32
George III (1760-1820), 'Spade' Half-Guinea, 1789, fifth laureate head right, rev. crowned 'spade' shield, edge obliquely milled, 4.19g, 12h (MCE 429; EGC 832 [R2]; Spink 3735), lightly contact marked to face with some resultant brightness, otherwise lightly toned, a really pleasingly bold very fine, a surprising rarity in the series
Provenance
Spink 208, 22-23 June 2011, lot 1043 - very fine
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