GOLD COAST: George III, 1760-1820, AR ackey, 1818, KM-9, mintage of only 1,085 pieces, deeply iridescent toning, NGC graded Proof 61, RRR. Issue of John Hope Smith, last Governor of the Committee of Merchants (1817-22), the ruling body of the African Company of Merchants, struck before the Gold Coast was made a British colony in 1821.
Estimate: 4,000-4,500 USD