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Auction 20005  15 Sep 2020
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Lot 161

Starting price: 6000 GBP
Price realized: 48 000 GBP
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George I (1714-1727), Two-Guineas, 1726, laureate head right, rev. crowned shields cruciform, emblem-adorned sceptres in angles, edge obliquely milled, 8.27g, 5h (Murdoch II, 8; Waterbird 18; Schneider II, 543; MCE 244; Spink 3627), attractive mint bloom, and much as struck, an exceptional survivor, superior even to the remarkable Waterbird example and with a solid pedigree.
Provenance
The Carlisle Collection
D'Amelia ['Highly important collection'], Spink 91, 1 May 1992, lot 76 - 'brilliant, practically mint state and rare thus'
Whetmore, Glendining, 24 March 1943, lot 8 - 'brilliant and rare' - £31.0.0 [Spink]
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NGC MS65 (Certification #5878605-003) [Top Pop]
, https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/5878605-003/65/
Estimate: £8,000 - £10,000
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