The key date of this series
gold proof 5-coins set
of the highest rarity and not recorded in Burns
Well-struck extremely fine with good detail on both king and goddess
6h (RIC 98
George III 1797 Guinea, 5th head, MS63, spade reverse, ex Baumhauer The key date of thisGeorge III (1760 1820), gold Guinea, 1797, fifth laureate head right, GEORGIVS . III. DEI. GRATIA, rev. spade shaped crowned quartered shield of arms, date below, legend reads in abbreviated Latin commencing lower left M. B. F. ET. H. REX. F. D. B. ET. L. D. S. R. I. A. T ET. E., weight 8. 39g (MCE 401; EGC 730; S. 3729). With reflective lustre and minimal handling marks, graded by NGC as MS63, a rare date.