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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 1911522, member: 4910&quot;]No doubt many have read Robert Louis Stevenson&#039;s famous novel <i>Treasure Island</i></p><p>at some time or another.</p><p><br /></p><p>I read it and also saw the 1950 Walt Disney film with Robert Newton as the infamous pirate cook</p><p>Long John Silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>The book mentioned Guineas as being part of the treasure, and in the film,</p><p>a sailor is angry that all they have found is a Guinea.</p><p><br /></p><p>The book was set around 1765, with the treasure being buried in 1750.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, I had to have a Guinea and now I do, thanks to one of our well-known coin brokers.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_greatbritain_guinea_1750.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Great Britain Gold Guinea 1750</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse:</p><p>George II facing left</p><p>GEORGIVS II DEI GRATIA (George II, by the Grace of God)</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse:</p><p>Crowned arms of Great Britain, Ireland, France, and Hannover</p><p>1750</p><p><br /></p><p>M.B.F.ET.H.REX.F.D.B.ET.L.D.S.R.I.A.T.ET.E</p><p>Which means:</p><p>MAGNAE BRITANNIAE FRANCIAE ET HIBERNIAE REX FIDEI DEFENSOR</p><p>Great Britain France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith</p><p>BRVNSWICENSIS ET LVNEBVRGENSIS</p><p>Brunswick and Lueneburg Duke</p><p>DVX SACRI ROMANI IMPERII ARCHI THESAVRARIVS ET PRINCEPS ELECTOR</p><p>Holy Roman Empire Arch-Treasurer and Prince-Elector</p><p><br /></p><p>Metal: Gold</p><p>Size: 25mm</p><p>Weight: 8.24gm</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin was graded by NGC &quot;VF Details / Removed from jewelry&quot;,</p><p>but I like to think that the marks on the coin are from it&#039;s being handled or even worn by a pirate.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins were called &quot;Guineas&quot; as the gold came from the African country of Guinea.</p><p><br /></p><p>A Guinea was worth a British pound at the time, or about 4-1/2 Spanish dollars in the</p><p>American colonies.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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