x The Jean-Marie Vanmeerbeeck Collection of Numismatic Portraits from Medieval Flanders and Tudor England | George I (1714-1727), Prince Elector Guinea, 1714, first laureate head right, rev. crowned shields cruciform, emblem-adorned sceptres in angles, eight strings to harp, edge obliquely milled, 8.38g [129.4grns], 6h (MCE 245; Schneider II, 544; Farey 580; EGC 502; Spink 3628), usual cabinet friction in fields, otherwise a beautifully well-balanced example of this popular one-year type, nicely struck up and accentuated by a golden-ochre tone, extremely fine Provenance Spink 89, 25 November 1991, lot 15
