very light banker's mark on obverse
Toned as struck in original dated red oblong case
Merchant countermark upon one third cut piece of a Spanish Eight Reales
Sydenham 1132)
otherwise very fine with a bold portrait
George I 1718 Half-Guinea, AU58, 1st head very light banker's mark onGeorge I (1714 27), gold Half Guinea, 1718, first laureate head right, legend surrounding, GEORGIVS. D. G. M. B. FE. ET. HIB. REX. F. D. rev. crowned cruciform shields, incorporating the Arms of Hanover, sceptres in angles, garter star at centre, date either side of tope crown, BRVN ET. L. DVX S. R. I. A. TH ET. EL. (Schneider ; Bull EGC 533; MCE 266; S. 3635). Toned with some red colour, some light hairlines and surface marks, has been slabbed and