1717 5 G S-3626 MS(PCGS#875136)
1717 5 G S-3626 MS (PCGS#875136)
June 2022 Pre-Long Beach U.S. & World Coin Auction #128
- 拍卖行
- Goldberg Auctioneers
- 批号
- 1376
- 等级
- MS63
- 价格
- 2,895,693
- 详细说明
- Lot 1376 Great Britain. 5 Guineas, 1717.S.3626; Fr-325; KM-547. George I, 1714-1727. Obverse: Laureate head right. Reverse; Crowned cruciform shields, scepters in angles. Inverted 'D' on edge. Regnal year (TERTIO) on edge in raised letters. An exceptionally choice-looking piece with a sharp strike showing nearly complete hair detail, surfaces that glitter with proof-like fields on both sides. Extremely rare in this grade. among the finest known examples of this impressive, large gold type. Pop 1; Finest example graded by both PCGS and NGC. NGC graded MS-63.Estimated Value $100,000 - UP George I was born in 1660 and his parents were the Elector of Hanover and Sophia, the granddaughter of King James I of England (James VI of Scotland). He came to the English throne because Parliament preferred him to James Edward Stuart - the half-bother of Queen Anne. He could not however speak English and spent over half his reign in Germany. Ironically, he kept England at peace for the whole of his reign.