Lord Effingham
1931 (KM 17)
light coinage (c
Toned with flan adjustment marks evident both sides but mainly on obverse
extremely rare with the plumes reverse in combination with the overstruck obverse mint mark
George III 1799 Third-Guinea, 5th bust, very rare date Lord EffinghamGeorge III (1760 1820), gold Third Guinea, 1799, first type, first laureate head right, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA., rev. large crown, date in legend surrounding commencing at lower left, . MAG. BRI. FR. ET. HIB. REX., weight 2. 74g (Schneider 624; MCE 451; S. 3738; EGC 869 R3). Lightly toned, with surface marks and nicks, good fine and extremely rare, the hardest date of this type of Third Guinea to find, the