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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 97

George II, Guinea, 8.38g., 1749, older laureate bust facing left, georgivs.ii.dei.gratia, legend continuous over bust, rev. inverted die axis, crowned quartered shield of arms, eight 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 324; S.3680), with nearly full mint bloom, a few tiny fleck marks, otherwise as struck, rare thus Estimate £1,000-1,500 provenance Purchased Baldwin 1943 for £10

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