Auction: 23006 - The Official COINEX Auction at Spink
Lot: 237
(x) NGC AU55 | George I (1714-1727), Guinea, 1725, 'Normal 5', fifth laureate head right, nose to B in HIB, rev. crowned shields cruciform, six strings to harp, five hearts to Hanoverian shield, edge obliquely milled, 8.36g [129.0grns], 6h (PAS: YORYM-18E848 = BM 2019 T668/258 this coin; MCE 260; Farey 690; EGC 523-524; Spink 3633), small metal flaw in front of mouth, otherwise bright and lustrous, good very fine, in NGC holder, graded AU55 (Cert. #6380983-258)
Provenance
Ellerby Area Hoard, Spink 282, 7 October 2022, lot 260
~ Recorded with York Museum, ref. PAS: YORYM-18E848 = BM 2019 T668/258 this coin ~
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Sold for
£2,600
Starting price
£1800