Pattern Guinea, 1813, by Lewis Pingo, short haired laureate bust right, GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA, rev. Royal Standard unfurled, date below, BRITANNIARUM REX FIDEI DEFENSOR, edge straight grained, 9.74g. (Montagu 532 [this coin]; Murdoch 148; Nobleman 11; Douglas-Morris 120; Num. Chron. Vol. XIII (1850-51), p.124, No.61; Eimer 124), some minor scuff marks both sides, slight edge bruise by FIDEI, otherwise extremely fine, extremely rare

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Pattern Guinea, 1813, by Lewis Pingo, short haired laureate bust right, GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA, rev. Royal Standard unfurled, date below, BRITANNIARUM REX FIDEI DEFENSOR, edge straight grained, 9.74g. (Montagu 532 [this coin]; Murdoch 148; Nobleman 11; Douglas-Morris 120; Num. Chron. Vol. XIII (1850-51), p.124, No.61; Eimer 124), some minor scuff marks both sides, slight edge bruise by FIDEI, otherwise extremely fine, extremely rare

Provenance

W Brice, purchased by H Montagu en bloc, 1887
H Montagu, portion from George I purchased by Spink and Son, 1890, lot 532
J G Brooker, purchased by Spink and Son, August 1972

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