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Hanoverian Coins George I Gold Half Guinea 1725
Hanoverian Coins George I Gold Half Guinea 1725

Hanoverian Coins George I Gold Half Guinea 1725

£850.00

Product Code:RNC272

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Description

Denomination: Gold half guinea

Period: Hanover

Date: 1725

Origin: London mint

Condition: Fine/F+, slight damage to top of edge may indicate prior jewellery use, streaking to the flan is normal for this period and sometimes called ‘haymarks’ or ‘hairlines’, the reasons are still argued about by numismatists today.

Obverse: Older laureate head of George, right, legend around

Reverse: Crowned cruciform shields, sceptres in angles

Size and Weight: 21mm, 4.13g

References: Spink 3637

Features and Provenance:

George I, born on 28th May 1660, was the first Hanoverian king of Great Britain. He inherited the throne after Queen Anne, the last of the Stuarts, died without children. Although there were more than 50 other people in line before him, they were all Roman Catholic and Parliament wanted to make sure that only Protestants would be able to inherit the Crown. George could only speak German and French and he did not like living in England so spent a lot of his reign in Germany. He was not much mourned by the British people on his death in 1727, but he did manage to keep the country free from war for the whole of his reign.

 

 

Condition Summary. This varies with the age of coin and there are grades between

Uncirculated (U). As struck with no traces of wear

Extremely Fine (EF). Very slight traces of wear. all parts of legend etc present. visible and clear

Very Fine (VF). Some signs of wear on the higher parts of the relief. all parts of legend etc present. but maybe worn

Fine (F). Wear on the coin and parts of legend etc may be missing or not visible

 

Additional information

Weight50 g

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