6h (RIC 98
gold proof Two Ounce of Two Hundred Pounds 999
of the highest rarity and not recorded in Burns
49mm (BHM unlisted with this obverse
Well-struck extremely fine with good detail on both king and goddess
George III 1797 Guinea, 5th head, MS63, spade reverse, ex Baumhauer 6h (RIC 98George 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.