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Great Britain. Guinea, 1777.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:600.00 USD Estimated At:1,200.00 - 1,400.00 USD
Great Britain. Guinea, 1777.
<Our item number 101033><B>Great Britain. Guinea, 1777.</B> S.3728; Fr-355; KM-604. George III. Type 4 head of King facing right, hair extending below truncation. <I>Reverse:</I> Crowned shield with date. The 1777 Guinea is considerably rarer than those dated 1774, 1775 and 1776. This specimen has good eye appeal, a pleasant lustrous look and an absence of any surface or edge imperfections. A very collectable coin from the year when General George Washington defeated British General Charles Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton. Also in 1777, King George III&#39;s army was defeated by American forces at the Battles of Bennington and Saratoga. In the same year Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation in the &#40;temporary&#41; American capital of York, Pennsylvania. <B>NGC graded MS-61.</B> <BR>Estimated Value $1,200-1,400. <BR><BR>Our item number 101033<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/37jpegs//101033.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://goldbergcoins.n et/liveauction/37jpegs//101033N2.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>