Lote 90. The Remarkable "Ellerby Area" Hoard of English Gold Coins (1610-1727) | NGC XF40 | George I (1714-1727), Half-Guinea, 1719, first laureate head right, rev. crowned shields cruciform, six strings to harp, edge obliquely milled, 4.14g [63.9grns], 6h (PAS: YORYM-18E848 = BM 2019 T668/231 this coin; MCE 267; EGC 535; Spink 3635), bright but lustrous, wisps of friction on a softly struck portrait, otherwise a really good fine / very fine, with NGC 'Ellerby' Certification, graded XF40 (#6380983-231). Estimate: £240 - £300