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¼ Guinea - George III (1762)
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 1762 |
| Denomination | ¼ Guinea |
| Mint | Royal Mint · Llantrisant |
| Circulation | Circulating |
| Demonetised | 1891 |
| Composition | Gold (.9167) (917/1000 fine) |
| Weight | 2.100g · 0.0619 t oz |
| Diameter | 16.0mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Obv. artist | Richard Yeo |
| Rev. artist | John Sigismund Tanner |
| Grade scale | UK (EF/UNC) |
Laureate portrait of King George III right, legend around.
GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA
Ornate crowned quartered shield of arms, divided date above, legend around.
Quarter Guinea - George III market value
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Realised auction prices · ⭐ Pro Expand rows for individual sale records| Grade | Latest | Median | 30d Δ | All-time range | Sales (1yr) | Total sales | Last sale | |
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| UNC | £800.00 🔒 | £800.00 (1) | – | £600.00 – £2,000.00 | 1 | 4 | 07-06-2026 | |
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| BU | £210.00 🔒 | £210.00 | – | £210.00 – £240.00 | 0 | 3 | 27-05-2025 | |
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| EF | £800.00 🔒 | £800.00 (1) | – | £150.00 – £800.00 | 1 | 9 | 08-03-2026 | |
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| VF | £800.00 🔒 | £600.00 | – | £60.00 – £800.00 | 0 | 31 | 01-06-2025 | |
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| F | £320.00 🔒 | £280.00 | – | £55.00 – £450.00 | 1 | 16 | 07-06-2026 | |
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| VG | £80.00 🔒 | £80.00 (1) | – | £80.00 – £90.00 | 0 | 2 | 01-09-2024 | |
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| AU-58 | £350.00 🔒 | £350.00 (1) | – | £350.00 – £350.00 | 0 | 1 | 06-12-2015 | |
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| EF-40 | £340.00 🔒 | £340.00 (1) | – | £340.00 – £340.00 | 1 | 1 | 07-12-2025 | |
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| MS-62 | £925.00 🔒 | £925.00 (1) | – | £925.00 – £925.00 | 0 | 1 | 25-02-2025 | |
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| MS-63 | £900.00 🔒 | £750.00 (2) | – | £600.00 – £900.00 | 0 | 2 | 02-12-2019 | |
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| MS-64 | £580.00 🔒 | £580.00 (1) | – | £580.00 – £580.00 | 0 | 1 | 03-07-2010 | |
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| MS-65 | £1,900.00 🔒 | £1,900.00 (1) | – | £1,900.00 – £1,900.00 | 0 | 1 | 03-09-2023 | |
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About the 1762 Quarter Guinea - George III
The 1762 Quarter Guinea - George III is a circulating ¼ guinea coin, struck in 91.67% gold. It weighs 2.1g and measures 16mm across. Reverse design: Ornate crowned quartered shield of arms, divided date above, legend around.
It is no longer legal tender (withdrawn 1891), so its value is to collectors only.
Common questions
How much is the 1762 Quarter Guinea - George III worth?
Verified sold prices for the 1762 Quarter Guinea - George III run from £80.00 to £1,900 across 12 grades, taking the median for each grade. Condition makes the difference, so check the grade table above before pricing one. Its gold content is worth about £186 at today's spot price, which puts a floor under its value.
Why was the quarter guinea struck only in 1762?
It was too small to be practical. Wikipedia records that it was revived in 1762 to fill the gap between small silver and larger gold coins, but met the same fate as the 1718 issue. At about 16 mm it was the size of a silver threepence.
How much was a quarter guinea worth?
Five shillings and threepence, a quarter of the guinea's fixed value of twenty-one shillings. Tony Clayton notes that its spending power was far greater than its tiny size suggested, which made it particularly unpopular.
Who designed the 1762 quarter guinea?
The Royal Mint credits the obverse portrait of George III to Richard Yeo and the crowned shield reverse to Tanner, the Mint's chief engraver John Sigismund Tanner. The design is a reduced version of the guinea and half guinea of the time.
Is the 1762 quarter guinea legal tender?
No. Wikipedia's article on the sovereign records that all gold coins from before Victoria's reign were called in by a proclamation of 22 November 1890 and demonetised from 28 February 1891. The quarter guinea is now a collector's coin.
How do I identify the 1762 Quarter Guinea - George III?
Check the weight 2.1g and diameter 16mm and the metal (91.67% gold) against the specification table on this page. The reverse design is described above.
History and design
The quarter guinea was first tried in 1718 under George I. Wikipedia records that it was meant to provide a gold coin worth about the same as the silver crown, but at 2.1 g and 16 mm it was impracticably small, and it was dropped after one year. Tony Clayton points out that it was the size of a silver threepence, and that a coin so small with so much spending power was particularly unpopular.
When George III came to the throne in 1760, the price of silver had risen sharply and little silver coin was being struck. Wikipedia explains that the quarter guinea was revived to fill the gap between low silver denominations and the larger gold coins, to the same size and weight as before. It met the same fate and was struck only with the date 1762. At a quarter of the guinea's twenty-one shillings it was worth five shillings and threepence.
The obverse shows a laureate portrait of the young George III facing right with the legend GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA. The Royal Mint credits the portrait to Richard Yeo.
The reverse, credited by the Royal Mint to John Sigismund Tanner, Chief Engraver from 1741 until 1775, is a single large crowned shield quartering the arms of England and Scotland, France, Ireland and Hanover. Around it runs M B F ET H REX F D B ET L D S R I A T ET E 1762, which Wikipedia expands as King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Arch-Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire. The Royal Mint Museum's example has a grained edge and weighs 2.1 g.
Collecting notes
The 1762 quarter guinea is a one-year type, and CoinVarieties notes that it was the last issue of the denomination. No mintage figure for 1762 is published. Clayton's value tables list only this date for George III. The Royal Mint Museum holds an example, recorded in the Mint's collection catalogues of 1874 and 1906 and under the Banks number 838.
Because the coin is so small, look closely at the shield and legend for wear and check that the edge is grained all round, as on the Royal Mint Museum's coin. A plain-edged piece dated 1764 is a pattern, not a currency coin. Like all pre-Victorian gold, the quarter guinea was demonetised from 28 February 1891.
Sources
The history, design, varieties and collecting notes on this page are drawn from these sources. Prices come from recorded sales, not from them.
- Quarter guinea, Wikipedia (read 12 Oct 2026)
- Five Shillings, Quarter Guinea and Five and Six, Tony Clayton, Coins of the UK (read 12 Oct 2026)
- George III Guinea Set, The Royal Mint (read 12 Oct 2026)
- George III quarter-guinea, 1762 (RMM 976), The Royal Mint Museum, via Museum Data Service (read 12 Oct 2026)
- British coins of George III (Seaby 3741), Wildwinds (read 12 Oct 2026)
- Sovereign (British coin), Wikipedia (read 12 Oct 2026)
- Great Britain 1762 1/4 guinea, CoinVarieties (read 12 Oct 2026)
- Guinea (coin), Wikipedia (read 12 Oct 2026)
- John Sigismund Tanner, Wikipedia (read 12 Oct 2026)
