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Auction: 20005 - The Stratos Sale of Spectacular English Gold Coins
Lot: 154

James II (1685-1688), Two-Guineas, 1687, laureate head left, rev. no stop after HIB, crowned shields cruciform, emblem-adorned sceptres in angles, edge obliquely milled, 16.81g, 6h (Murdoch II, 692; King - [cf. 121]; Schneider II, 454; MCE 121; Spink 3399), lustrous with attractive overlying orange toning, a handsome coin, good very fine, this type seldom encountered at public auction and even more so this well preserved, very rare thus

Provenance
From the Hayleigh Collection
Purchased Spink - £3,000



NGC AU55 (Certification #5879378-002) [Top Pop]

https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/5879378-002/55/

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Sold for
£16,000

Starting price
£4000