Tag Archive for: Pattern Proof gold Half-Guinea by Yeo, George III, Hanover King

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George III, Pattern Proof Gold Half-Guinea by Yeo 1764 WR-128. PCGS-graded PR63.

George III, Hanover King 1760-1820 Young laureate head. Plain edge. Pattern for the slightly modified 2nd Head coinage which began in this same year, 1764.
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George III, Pattern Proof gold Half-Guinea by Yeo 1762 WR-125 (R4). PCGS-graded PR62.

George III, Hanover King 1760-1820 Young laureate head, the king’s hair falling below the truncation. Plain edge. This portrait was never used for the coinage; a modified version appeared as this king’s first Half-guinea in the same year,…