Options
My Little Guinea - Great Britain George II 1750
WillieBoyd2
Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭✭✭
No doubt many have read Robert Louis Stevenson's famous novel Treasure Island
at some time or another.
I read it and also saw the 1950 Walt Disney film with Robert Newton as the infamous pirate cook
Long John Silver.
The book mentioned Guineas as being part of the treasure, and in the film,
a sailor is angry that all they have found is a Guinea.
The book was set around 1765, with the treasure being buried in 1750.
Well, I had to have a Guinea and now I do, thanks to one of our well-known coin brokers.
Great Britain Gold Guinea 1750
Obverse:
George II facing left
GEORGIVS II DEI GRATIA (George II, by the Grace of God)
Reverse:
Crowned arms of Great Britain, Ireland, France, and Hannover
1750
M.B.F.ET.H.REX.F.D.B.ET.L.D.S.R.I.A.T.ET.E
Which means:
MAGNAE BRITANNIAE FRANCIAE ET HIBERNIAE REX FIDEI DEFENSOR
Great Britain France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith
BRVNSWICENSIS ET LVNEBVRGENSIS
Brunswick and Lueneburg Duke
DVX SACRI ROMANI IMPERII ARCHI THESAVRARIVS ET PRINCEPS ELECTOR
Holy Roman Empire Arch-Treasurer and Prince-Elector
Metal: Gold
Size: 25mm
Weight: 8.24gm
The coin was graded by NGC "VF Details / Removed from jewelry",
but I like to think that the marks on the coin are from it's being handled or even worn by a pirate.
The coins were called "Guineas" as the gold came from the African country of Guinea.
A Guinea was worth about a British pound at the time, or about 4-1/2 Spanish dollars in the
American colonies.
Pirates probably valued it in barrels or rum or ...
at some time or another.
I read it and also saw the 1950 Walt Disney film with Robert Newton as the infamous pirate cook
Long John Silver.
The book mentioned Guineas as being part of the treasure, and in the film,
a sailor is angry that all they have found is a Guinea.
The book was set around 1765, with the treasure being buried in 1750.
Well, I had to have a Guinea and now I do, thanks to one of our well-known coin brokers.
Great Britain Gold Guinea 1750
Obverse:
George II facing left
GEORGIVS II DEI GRATIA (George II, by the Grace of God)
Reverse:
Crowned arms of Great Britain, Ireland, France, and Hannover
1750
M.B.F.ET.H.REX.F.D.B.ET.L.D.S.R.I.A.T.ET.E
Which means:
MAGNAE BRITANNIAE FRANCIAE ET HIBERNIAE REX FIDEI DEFENSOR
Great Britain France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith
BRVNSWICENSIS ET LVNEBVRGENSIS
Brunswick and Lueneburg Duke
DVX SACRI ROMANI IMPERII ARCHI THESAVRARIVS ET PRINCEPS ELECTOR
Holy Roman Empire Arch-Treasurer and Prince-Elector
Metal: Gold
Size: 25mm
Weight: 8.24gm
The coin was graded by NGC "VF Details / Removed from jewelry",
but I like to think that the marks on the coin are from it's being handled or even worn by a pirate.
The coins were called "Guineas" as the gold came from the African country of Guinea.
A Guinea was worth about a British pound at the time, or about 4-1/2 Spanish dollars in the
American colonies.
Pirates probably valued it in barrels or rum or ...
https://www.brianrxm.com
The Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin
Coins in Movies
Coins on Television
The Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin
Coins in Movies
Coins on Television
0
Comments
World Collection
British Collection
German States Collection
I've had a 1714 Queen Anne and a George III "Spade" guinea, but never any of that type you have.
I wonder how many of those are in the ground on the colonial sites around here. Probably not too many, but I read that a 1766 example (with Ephraim Brasher's EB counterstamp!) was dug in one of our local parks. I have never been able to confirm that story, but the detectorist named as being the finder has some national reknown for his finds in the Savannah area, so it's plausible. (And I think I remember seeing a picture of the coin somewhere.)
<< <i>but I like to think that the marks on the coin are from it's being handled or even worn by a pirate >>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Piracy
This is pirate treasure:
--Severian the Lame
<< <i>It's a cool piece and I like how it's tied to a classic book. But the age of pirates was over by the 1720s and what most of us think of as pirates actually ended before the turn of the 17th century.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Piracy
This is pirate treasure:
>>
That certainly is 'certified' pirate treasure.