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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 101

George III, Guinea, 8.41g., 1761, by Richard Yeo, young laureate bust facing right, with two leaves at top of laurel wreath, georgivs.iii.dei.gratia, legend continuous over bust, rev. inverted die axis, crowned quartered shield of arms, seven strings to Irish harp, date either side of crown, .m.b.f.et.h.rex.f.d.b.et.l.d.s.r.i.a.t.et.e., edge, obliquely milled (MCE 367; cf.WR 86 R7; S.3725), brilliant, good extremely fine, extremely rare Estimate £3,500-4,500 provenance A confusing Seaby ticket is supplied with this coin, as it states this coin is a proof or pattern and was bought at Seaby in 1946 for £22.10/-. The ticket refers to a coin sold in the SCMB in September 1946 item number G899, however the coin offered in the SCMB has a plain edge. Either the coin was exchanged for this currency piece at a later date, or the wrong ticket was supplied by Seaby with this coin in 1946.

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£4,800