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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 89

George I, Pattern Guinea, 8.42g., 1727, long haired laureate bust facing right, struck in high relief, tie with two ends, georgivs.dg.m.br.fr.et.hib.rex.fd., toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform broad shields, incorporating the Arms of Hanover, Garter Star at centre, sceptres in angles, seven strings to Irish harp, date either side of halved English and Scottish shield, .brvn et.l.dvx s.r.i.a.th et.el., edge, diagonally milled (WR 66 R6), with striking weakness to the highest points of relief both sides, otherwise mint state and of the highest rarity thus Estimate £8,000-10,000 provenance M Trattle, Sotheby, 30 May 1832, lot 911 J D Cuff, Sotheby, 8 June 1854, lot 1543 E Hawkins, Sotheby, 31 July 1868, lot 94 J B Bergne, Sotheby, 20 May 1873, lot 1112 S Addington, purchased en bloc by H Montagu 1883 H Montagu, Sotheby, 7 May 1888, lot 571 J G Murdoch, Sotheby, 8 June 1902, lot 28 Dr E C Carter, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1950

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