Sovereign Rarities Ltd
Auction 3 27 Apr 2021
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Anne (1702-14), gold Two Guineas, 1711, draped bust left, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, ANNA. DEI. GRATIA. rev. crowned cruciform shields, sceptres in angles, garter star at centre, date either side of top crown, abbreviated Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, MAG BRI. FR ET. HIB REG. edge grained, 16.71g (Schneider -; Bull EGC 455; MCE 206; S.3569). A few small nicks and surface marks both sides, otherwise attractively toned, good very fine to almost extremely fine with a bold portrait, the date not present in the Schneider Collection.
The calendar year output of gold was £414,918 which was the third highest of the reign. Sir Isaac Newton was the Master Worker of the Mint at this time and later went on to officially call the gold coinage the "guinea" in a report made in the Mint papers of 1717. The gold coins had been called Guineas colloquially since the time that gold dust and metal began to be imported from the African country of Guinea, during the reign of Charles II.
(£14,000-16,000)
The calendar year output of gold was £414,918 which was the third highest of the reign. Sir Isaac Newton was the Master Worker of the Mint at this time and later went on to officially call the gold coinage the "guinea" in a report made in the Mint papers of 1717. The gold coins had been called Guineas colloquially since the time that gold dust and metal began to be imported from the African country of Guinea, during the reign of Charles II.
(£14,000-16,000)