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August 2016 ANA Auction - Sess. A-C 10-12 August 2016
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GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Guinea Gold Token, 1812. George III (1760-1820). PCGS PROOF-63 CAMEO Secure Holder.
Davis-37. Valued at 10 Shillings 6 Pence as indicated on the reverse legends. The only certified proof example and likely the finest extant. Features a mythological phoenix rising from the flames, with the reverse legend YORKSHIRE TOKEN and STANDARD GOLD surrounding the denomination. Struck for Younge, Wilsons & Younge, Sheffield with denticles surrounding the border on both sides. With no gold coinage struck in 1812, this token issue would have been one of the few gold coins with the 1812 date minted in Britain at the time. Issued during the Napoleonic era, while Bonaparte was off getting crushed by the Russians in 1812 and while the British were engaged in the War of 1812 across the Atlantic. A superlative example with deep mirrored fields and lustrous razor sharp devices. A coin that will lend incomparable depth to the collection it enters. PCGS PROOF-63 CAMEO Secure Holder.
Ex: Baldwin's 125th Anniversary Auction, 13 October 1997, Lot #103.
Estimate: $18000.00- $22000.00
Davis-37. Valued at 10 Shillings 6 Pence as indicated on the reverse legends. The only certified proof example and likely the finest extant. Features a mythological phoenix rising from the flames, with the reverse legend YORKSHIRE TOKEN and STANDARD GOLD surrounding the denomination. Struck for Younge, Wilsons & Younge, Sheffield with denticles surrounding the border on both sides. With no gold coinage struck in 1812, this token issue would have been one of the few gold coins with the 1812 date minted in Britain at the time. Issued during the Napoleonic era, while Bonaparte was off getting crushed by the Russians in 1812 and while the British were engaged in the War of 1812 across the Atlantic. A superlative example with deep mirrored fields and lustrous razor sharp devices. A coin that will lend incomparable depth to the collection it enters. PCGS PROOF-63 CAMEO Secure Holder.
Ex: Baldwin's 125th Anniversary Auction, 13 October 1997, Lot #103.
Estimate: $18000.00- $22000.00