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Pictured: Thomasina Smith, Head of Numismatics at Dix Noonan Webb with the coin.<br />
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An extremely rare 320-year-old gold medal showing the earliest known portrait of King George II has emerged for sale for £8,000.The medal, dating from 1701, was struck on the 18th birthday of Georg August, Electoral Prince of Brunswick-Calenburg-Hanover.He later became King George II and was the last British monarch to be born outside of England

BNPS.co.uk (01202 558833)
Pic: DixNoonanWebb/BNPS

Pictured: Thomasina Smith, Head of Numismatics at Dix Noonan Webb with the coin.

An extremely rare 320-year-old gold medal showing the earliest known portrait of King George II has emerged for sale for £8,000.The medal, dating from 1701, was struck on the 18th birthday of Georg August, Electoral Prince of Brunswick-Calenburg-Hanover.He later became King George II and was the last British monarch to be born outside of England