Guinea 1701 Narrow Crowns. Plain Sceptres, S.3463, VG/Fine, analysis of our archive database shows that the last 10 examples we have offered were all the Ornamented Sceptres type. We have not offered a Plain Sceptres example since March 2016, so statistical numbers alone show this to be the much the scarcer of the two types
Half Guinea 1775 Third Bust S.3733 approaching Fine, the obverse with some heavier contact marks and thin scratches, by far the rarest of the three bust type for this year, an often-overlooked type, Very rare and seldom seen, the Standard Catalogue now lists at £1375 in Fine
Guinea 1713 S.3574 VG/Near Fine, with two edge nicks at the top of the reverse suggest once in jewellery, the rim with slight flattening by MAG and HIB, the surfaces superior to most ex-jewellery pieces we encounter, in a Bradford Exchange box with their certificate
Guinea 1787 S.3729 some indentations to the right reverse field, light smoothing in this area due to expert repair, Fine or slightly better with a scratch on the portrait and some edge nicks
Five Guineas 1701 Fine Work S.3456 about EF scarce thus. The impressively executed Fine Work Five Guineas was a highly important coin in the history of the milled coinage, it introduced more intricate detail and a superb sharp striking to the portrait, marking a significant advance to the quality of minting at the time, leading to further higher relief designs being produced in the 18th Century, right up to the introduction of the later machine-made milled coinage
Five Guineas 1687 Second Bust, TERTIO edge S.3397A NEF/GVF the fields showing some signs of light tooling under magnification, displays small touches of red tone, light haymarks do not detract, overall of pleasing and even appearance and considerable eye appeal
Five Guineas 1726 DECIMO TERTIO S.3626 Good VF rare thus very small area of silvered discoloration only discernible when viewed edge on, on the rim above portrait but no other evidence of being in jewellery a pleasing, collectable and rare piece with a book price now of £125,000 in EF, George I Five Guineas are seldom offered
Guinea 1713 S.3574 choice GEF the reverse better almost as struck with much original brilliance two areas of quite heavy haymarking in the Queen's hair and in one of the reverse angles are a detraction
Five Guineas 1670 VICESIMO SECVNDO edge, S.3328 Bold Fine a problem-free example, a scarce year, with few examples offered for auction in recent years, possibly scarcer than catalogue values would indicate.
Two Guineas 1684 S.3335 NVF/VF gilded, with some hairline scratches, the reverse with signs of repair in the fields below the date and on and around HIB. A rare date and seldom seen in any grade.
Two Guineas 1664 Elephant below bust, S.3334 in an NGC holder and graded VF35, a one-year issue and as such in important type coin for the early milled gold collector
Five Guineas 1684 Elephant and Castle below bust, TRICESIMO SEXTO edge, S.3332 an ex jewellery piece perhaps VF for overall wear but the fields porous and evidence of suspension mount on the rim at 12 o'clock
Guinea 1758 S.3680, GVF/About VF, Ex-Jewellery, with traces of edge mounting at 1 and 11 o'clock, the obverse with pleasing portrait retaining good overall detail
Half Guinea 1712 S.3575 NVF/VF, with pleasing red tone. Ex-London Coins Auction A131, September 2010. We note we have only offered one example since 2010 which was in low grade. Very seldom offered in any grade, a rare opportunity to acquire what is clearly a key date rarity
Half Guinea 1759 S.3685 EF with some surface marks, very scarce in high grade. We note an example offered in our A179 Auction, graded as NGC MS61 (Lot 1667, realised £1700 hammer price) displays more wear than this coin
Guinea 1689 S.3426 Later upright Harp, Fine with some surface marks, some slight smoothing on the edge indicates possible ex-mount, if however this is the case the coin has no additional damage to the surfaces, viewing recommended
Guinea 1739 Intermediate Laureate head S.3676 Nearer VF than Fine with some haymarking, particularly between the bust and GRATIA. This short lived type only issued for four years.
Guinea 1698 S.3460 VF or near so with dull surfaces and a depression on the edge at the top of the obverse, also evidence of expert work on the top edge suggesting possibly once in jewellery
Half Guinea 1779 S.3734 GVF with some contact marks, Ex-London Coins Auction A141 June 2013 Lot 1635 hammer price £400, A scarce date with only a small number of examples having come to auction anywhere since we last sold this coin in 2013
Half Guinea 1731 S.3681A Fine or better, very rare with very few examples having been offered for auction anywhere in the last 20 years, our archive database shows that we have only offered one other example since 2003.
Half Guinea 1804 S.3737 Fine with dull surfaces, the reverse with a depression in the field to the left of the crown, this is visible as a raised area in the obverse field
Half Guinea 1768 S.3732 NVF/GF with some small spots on the obverse, we note an example described as Fine with some contact marks in London Coins Auction A171 December 2020s old for £550 hammer price
Half Guinea 1751 S.3685 VF brightly cleaned, with scratches on the obverse and to the shield on the reverse, appears bent and straightened, our archive database indicates that this is the first we have offered of this date. Clearly undervalued and under-rated by the Standard Catalogue. the coin offered here was previously sold at Auction in 2010 and, as far as we have been able to establish, only one other example of the unaltered date coin has been offered by major Auction houses in the intervening 13 years.
Guinea 1813 Military S.3730 GVF with some contact marks, the final year of minting, minted to pay troops fighting in the Napoleonic wars, this type an important coin in any Guinea collection
Guinea 1679 Elephant and Castle below bust, S.3345 VG. the reverse slightly better, our archive database stretching back to 2003 shows that this is the first 1679 Elephant and Castle mintmark type we have offered. Despite the relatively small difference in catalogue values between Elephant and Castle and standard issues, these are many times rarer, as our archive database confirms on pure statistics over a long time period.
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