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Auction 22004  23 Jan 2022
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Lot 139

Starting price: 6500 GBP
Price realized: 15 000 GBP
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(x) THE JEAN-MARIE VANMEERBEECK COLLECTION OF NUMISMATIC PORTRAITS | George I (1714-1727), 'Prince Elector' Guinea, 1714, first laureate head right, rev. crowned shields cruciform, emblem-adorned sceptres in angles, eight strings to harp, edge obliquely milled, 8.38g [129.4grns], 6h (MCE 245; Schneider II, 544; Farey 580; EGC 502; Spink 3628), usual cabinet friction in fields, otherwise a beautifully well-balanced example of this popular one-year type, nicely struck up and accentuated by a golden-ochre tone, extremely fine.
Provenance
Spink 89, 25 November 1991, lot 15

Estimate: £8000 - £10000
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