George III 1799 Third-Guinea, 1st type, 1st head, rare date first crowned bust right

first crowned bust right

rev Mao standing with lunar symbol behind head

(Schneider 529

17g (Brooker 1225

gold proof Fifty-Pence

George III 1799 Third-Guinea, 1st type, 1st head, rare date first crowned bust rightGeorge 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. 78g (MCE 451; S. 3738). Toned, good very fine and extremely rare, the hardest date of this type of Third Guinea to find, the second rarest date of the denomination.