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Tyrants of the Thames
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GOLD HALF-GUINEA 1762
George III, Hanover King, 1760-1820
First Bust, with a fat or “apple cheek” image of the youthful monarch. Two-year type. A gleaming coin,
and fully struck, perhaps the finest known example of this rare style of portrait.
S-3731. PCGS-graded MS64+.
218
PROOF GOLD HALF-GUINEA 1763
George III, Hanover King, 1760-1820
First Bust. Plain edge. A very choice example of this rare type in perhaps the ultimate state of quality.
S-3731. WR-127. PCGS-graded PR63.
219
PATTERN PROOF GOLD HALF-GUINEA BY YEO 1764
George III, Hanover King, 1760-1820
Young laureate head. Plain edge. Pattern for the slightly modified 2nd Head coinage which began in this
same year, 1764.
WR-128. PCGS-graded PR63.