1716 Guinea fourth head with Hanover arms at date extremely rare George I

George I 1716 gold Guinea fourth laureate head, with reverse error arms of Hanover at date extremely RARE, Less than five known examples, the reverse shields are all a quarter turn out of sync to what they should be, extremely rare error not see anywhere else in the gold series

Less than five known, Weight 8.4 grams, EGC 506 Rarity R5 – Spink 3631 – MCE 248

The gold output of coin for 1716 totalled a whopping £1,057,543, third largest of the decade, The Hanoverian arms error at date was only discovered within the last decade all survivors of which there is believed to be less than Five known examples are all inferior to this coin being offered, a coin Graded by NGC XF40 sold in 2017 at auction for £15,000 hammer plus buyers premium, Sovereign rarities sold one after 2017, both of these examples were a lot more worn than our coin, we believe this coin is the highest grade example available out of the few known examples of this extremely rare coin

Obv – Latin legend and toothed border, GEORGIVS. D. G. M. BR. FR. ET. HIB. REX. F.D. rev.

Rev – crowned cruciform shields, Arms of Hanover in error at date ornamental sceptres in angles, garter star at centre, date either side of top crown, Latin legend and toothed border, .BRVN ET. L. DVX S.R.I.A.TH ET. EL.