A British NEWP - George I

JCMhouston

King George I, 1726 Sixpence with small Roses and Plumes reverse, NGC AU50. Listed as rare in ESC and the highest of two graded at NGC. I'm sure there are better in the UK but this is the best one I have seen for sale for my type set.

lordmarcovan

Neat. I have its big brother. (And imagine you likely have one of that type as well.)

I find it interesting that George I, King of England, barely spoke English at all, from what I've read. He must've had a heavy Germanic accent. Accustomed as we are to modern and 20th century British royals, that's sort of hard to imagine.

coinkat

Wonderful example- congrats. I do not own a George I 6d. It is sort of amazing how certain dates within a series can be overlooked... or just under appreciated.

JCMhouston

It's interesting to me how some of the types/dates can be so difficult to find. I have a reasonably high grade 1723 SSC also, but I use an ESC 1177 version in VF30 in my type set. This is the version with the French Arms at the date in is a pretty darn rare piece to find in anything above g-vg.

asheland

zompels

Cool

bidask

Great addition to your type set.

Congrats!

coinkat

JCHouston

Your comments are spot on... try and find a 1697 Crown. There are other examples-perhaps not as extreme, but even a 1751 Crown is by no means a common coin

marcmoish

nice 50 that's for sure! - this rare - a 50 will do blindly

lordmarcovan

Another thing that strikes me is how much one sees the familial resemblance in these portraits of George I when compared with those of George II (at least in the latter's younger days).

So the portraits must've been reasonably realistic (and/or the resemblance fairly strong) for that to show on such a small engraved medium like a coin die.

On the other hand, I guess I shouldn't be surprised.