Gold 1/3 Guinea George III 1798

[Topcat7]

Continuing my foray into gold coins I now have coin no. 6.

A 1798 George III 1/3 Guinea.

[JayAg47]

Nice gold, isn’t this also one of the Proclamation coins? 

[Topcat7]

15 hours ago, JayAg47 said:

Nice gold, isn’t this also one of the Proclamation coins? 

I believe that while it wasn't (specifically) mentioned in the King's proclamation, it was used (in reality) as a 'Proclamation Coin'.

Here is a page '1' from my 'Australia' album.

[Di Nomos]

Don't suppose you have a holey dollar on page 2 😉.

When I was about 7 years old I wanted my mum to buy me a holey dollar I saw in the "Australian Coin Review". She declined. I'm a lot older now and still waiting.

[JayAg47]

1 hour ago, Di Nomos said:

Don't suppose you have a holey dollar on page 2 😉.

When I was about 7 years old I wanted my mum to buy me a holey dollar I saw in the "Australian Coin Review". She declined. I'm a lot older now and still waiting.

You can always get a modern variant. Here’s my pocket piece.

[DonnaML]

Congratulations! Very nice.

Here's an example of a later type of third-guinea, also issued by George III:

George III AV Third Guinea 1810. Spink 3740, Friedberg 367, KM 650, Bull 879 (Rev. Crown). Purchased March 2022 from Auktionen & Münzenhandel Dr. Christoph Stadler e. K, Bremen, Germany.

Another George III gold coin:

George III AV Spade Guinea 1793, Spink 3729, KM 609 [Standard Catalog of World Gold Coins (6th ed 2009) at p. 693], Bull 723 (ill. p. 554) [Maurice Bull, English Gold Coinage 1649-1816 (Spink 2020)]. Obv. Laureate bust right (5th bust “H”), GEORGIVS • I I I • DEI • GRATIA • / Rev. Crowned spade-shaped shield, quartered; around, M•B•F•ET•H•REX•F•D•B•ET•L•D•S•R•I•A•T•ET•E• [King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg Arch-Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire], 1793 beneath shield (date var. with Italic “1”, high “7” linked to shield,  “9” not touching shield; see Bull p. 554). 24 mm., 8.40 g. Purchased from Noonans Auction 260, 28 Sep 2022, Lot 1437.*

*See Bull p. 549, explaining the rather unusual appearance of the spade guineas (somewhat resembling an ancient clipped siliqua!): “To discourage the illegal practice of clipping the legends were intended to be very close to the edge of the flan. As a result, due to the slight variations in the diameter of the blank flans and the occasional subtle miss-alignment in striking, tops of some of the lettering are often missing.”

A couple of examples of half-guineas:

William III AV Half-Guinea 1695, Obv. Bare head right, GVILIELMVS• – III• DEI• GRA• / Rev. Crowned shields in cruciform, sceptres at angles, MAG - BR • FRA - ET • HIB • - REX 16 – 95. 4.175 g.  Spink 3466, KM 487.1. Purchased at Morton & Eden Ltd. Auction 119, 6 Dec. 2022, Lot 204. 

George II AV Half-Guinea 1756, Spink 3685, KM 587 [Standard Catalog of World Gold Coins (6th ed 2009)], Bull 658 [Maurice Bull, English Gold Coinage 1649-1816 (Spink 2020)]. By John Croker. Obv. Old laureate head left, GEORGIUS·II· DEI·GRATIA· / Rev. Ornate crowned quartered shield of arms, divided date above, legend around, ·M·B·F·ET·H·REX·F·D·B·ET·L·D·S·R·I·A·T·ET·E·17 – 59 [King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg Arch-Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire]. 20 mm., 4.2 g. Purchased from Dix Noonan Webb Auction (now Noonans) 252, 12 April 2022, Lot 175.