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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 95

George II, Guinea, 8.39g., 1736, second young laureate bust facing left, large lettering, georgivs.ii. dei.gratia, toothed border both sides, 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, diagonally milled (MCE 312; S.3674), lightly haymarked on reverse with a weakness of strike to the Hanoverian quarter, good very fine, reverse a little better Estimate £800-1,000 provenance Purchased Baldwin 1946 for £8.10/-

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