Pattern Guinea, 1787, by Lewis Pingo, laureate bust right, similar to that of the fifth bust adopted for the currency coinage, GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA, rev. crowned spade shaped shield, date below, legend similar to preceding coin, engrailed border on both sides, edge plain, 8.40g. (Montagu 525 [this coin]; Murdoch 139 [this coin]; Nobleman 8 [this coin]; Douglas-Morris 111 [this coin]; cf.Eimer 88), brilliant as struck, a finely executed piece of the highest rarity

Details

Pattern Guinea, 1787, by Lewis Pingo, laureate bust right, similar to that of the fifth bust adopted for the currency coinage, GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA, rev. crowned spade shaped shield, date below, legend similar to preceding coin, engrailed border on both sides, edge plain, 8.40g. (Montagu 525 [this coin]; Murdoch 139 [this coin]; Nobleman 8 [this coin]; Douglas-Morris 111 [this coin]; cf.Eimer 88), brilliant as struck, a finely executed piece of the highest rarity

Provenance

E Hawkins, Sotheby, 31 July 1868, lot 170
W Brice, purchased en bloc by H Montagu 1887
H Montagu, portion from George I purchased by Spink and Son, 1890, lot 525
J G Murdoch, Sotheby, 15 March 1904, lot 1239
Baron Philippe de Ferrari La Renotiere, Sotheby, 27 March 1922, lot 8
V M Brand Collection, dispersed post mortem, from 1932
Capt. K J Douglas-Morris, Sotheby, 26 November 1974, lot 111

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