Auction Catalogue

26 September 2007

Starting at 10:00 AM

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The COINEX Sale: Important British, Italian and World Coins

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 411

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26 September 2007

Estimate: £20,000–£25,000

George II (1727-1760), George II (1727-1760), Proof Two Guineas, 1733, edge plain, 16.28g/6h (WR 69; Montagu 301; S 3667). Die-flaw (?) on neck and some minor surface marks, otherwise practically as struck and extremely rare; in white lucite holder (£20,000-25,000)

Provenance:
King Farouk Collection, Sotheby Auction (Cairo), 24 February-6 March 1954, lot 814
J.J. Pittman Collection, Part III, David Akers Auction (Rosemont, USA), 6-8 August 1999, lot 3928