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Auction: 1010 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins, Commemorative Medals & Numismatic Books
Lot: 306

George III, proof pattern Guinea, 8.15g, 1813, by Thomas Wyon, small laureate head right, w below, georgivs iii dei gratia, rev. garnished square topped shield surmounted by crown dividing date, britanniarvm rex fidei defensor, edge straight grained, struck en medaille (Montagu 835; Murdoch 154; Nobleman 12, but with plain edge; Douglas-Morris -; Hocking 1788; Num. Chron. Vol XIII, p.124, no. 63; Wilson and Rasmussen 122, R6), some light marks to left of shield, otherwise brilliant, extremely fine, extremely rare Estimate £ 15,000-18,000 provenance Hermann Selig, Spink Auction 131, 2 March 1999, lot 1144 Norweb, Spink Auction 45, 13 June 1985, lot 261 VM Brand Collection, dispersed after death from 1932

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