Lot 153
Great Britain. Guinea, 1714. George I, Prince Elector. 1st Bust. S-3628; Fr-538; KM-538. The distinctive and very rare 1-year type, the only such English gold coin actually noting in full the king's German origins, for George was, first and foremost, Prince Elector of Hanover, for the Holy Roman Empire. The end of the reverse legend denotes this, with the distinctive "PR EL" among the king's titles. Evidently the use of the extra "PR" was determined as crowding the legend, and it was not used on other coinages. A superb and boldly struck example, one of the finest known. PCGS graded MS-63.
Estimated Value $5,000 - 7,000.
Ex Bridgewater House Collection. The finest possible provenance. Purchased in 1984.
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