Lot 403
Great Britain. Pattern Guinea, 1791. WR-106. DM-114 (this coin). Struck in gold by Kuchler. George III, 1760-1820. Diminutive cameo portrait, set amid a mirror field offset by broad and heavily frosted borders inscripted with the legend. Reverse: Crowned, spade-shaped shield inside a similar broad border. Plain edge, thicker flan than normally used; struck using en medaille die alignment. R6: exceedingly rare: only a few (3 to 5) known in gold (some gilt also known). A marvelous, Choice brilliant Proof, with glossy fields and deeply frosted cameo devices and borders. NGC graded Proof 64 Ultra Cameo.
Estimated Value $10,000 - 12,000.
Ex Virgil Brand, Brooker, Douglas-Morris, and Selig collections. Ex Dr Jacob Y. Terner Collection.
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