George III 1790 Guinea, 5th bust, AU55, spade reverse IMP CAESAR - VESPASIANVS AVG

IMP CAESAR - VESPASIANVS AVG

almost very fine for issue and rare

silver Five Pence

striking flaw at rear of shoulder and weak at corresponding part of reverse

with a clear error and the only second example the cataloguer has ever seen in nearly 30 years

George III 1790 Guinea, 5th bust, AU55, spade reverse IMP CAESAR - VESPASIANVS AVGGeorge III (1760 1820), gold Guinea, 1790, 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 (Schneider ; Bull EGC 718; MCE 394; Farey 1290; S. 3729). Toned, has been slabbed and graded by NGC as AU55.