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Auction 49 15 Jan 2020
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George III (1760-1820), Gold Proof Guinea, 1774. Fourth laureate head right, GEORGIVS .III DEI.GRATIA., Rev. crowned quartered shield of arms, date either side of crown, M.B.F. ET. H. REX. F.D. B.ET. L. D. S. R. I. A. T ET. E. (WR 95 R; MCE 379; S.3728; KM.604). Attractively toned, just a few light hairlines, the more preferable earlier variety without the die flaw in the Rev.erse field, has been graded and slabbed by PCGS as PF63CAM, none graded higher at PCGS. Value $12,000 - UP
PCGS certification 415680.63/15177769. The Latin legends translate to on obverse "George III by the Grace of God" continuing on the reverse in abbreviated Latin which if in shown in full reads "Magnae Britanniae Franciae et Hiberniae REx Fidei Defensor Brun et Lunebergen-sis Dux, Sacri Romani Imperii Archi-Thesaurius et Elector" and translates as "King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Luneberg, High Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire."
George III (1760-1820), Gold Proof Guinea, 1774. Fourth laureate head right, GEORGIVS .III DEI.GRATIA., Rev. crowned quartered shield of arms, date either side of crown, M.B.F. ET. H. REX. F.D. B.ET. L. D. S. R. I. A. T ET. E. (WR 95 R; MCE 379; S.3728; KM.604). Attractively toned, just a few light hairlines, the more preferable earlier variety without the die flaw in the Rev.erse field, has been graded and slabbed by PCGS as PF63CAM, none graded higher at PCGS. Value $12,000 - UP
PCGS certification 415680.63/15177769. The Latin legends translate to on obverse "George III by the Grace of God" continuing on the reverse in abbreviated Latin which if in shown in full reads "Magnae Britanniae Franciae et Hiberniae REx Fidei Defensor Brun et Lunebergen-sis Dux, Sacri Romani Imperii Archi-Thesaurius et Elector" and translates as "King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Luneberg, High Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire."