Tag Archive for: Gold Half-Guinea, George III, Hanover King

George III, Gold Half-Guinea 1813 S-3737. PCGS-graded MS65.
George III, Hanover King 1760-1820
“Military” style.
A magnificent specimen.

George III, Gold Half-Guinea 1803 S-3736. PCGS-graded MS63.
George III, Hanover King 1760-1820
Sixth Bust, Shield within Garter reverse.

George III, Gold Half-Guinea 1798 S-3735. PCGS-graded MS65.
George III, Hanover King 1760-1820
Fifth Bust, “Spade”-style reverse.
A superb “commercial strike” with beautiful rose-gold toning.

George III, Gold Half-Guinea 1777 S-3734. PCGS-graded MS63+.
George III, Hanover King 1760-1820
Fourth Bust.

George III, Gold Half-Guinea 1764 S-3732. PCGS-graded MS63.
George III, Hanover King 1760-1820
Second Bust.
Very choice with superior eye-appeal. This style of portrait, in lower relief, replaced the first style, which proved too difficult to strike properly.

George III, Gold Half-Guinea 1762 S-3731. PCGS-graded MS64+.
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.