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Auction: 22005 - British and World Coins - Spring Auction
Lot: 109

James II (1685-1688), Two-Guineas, 1688 over 7, laureate head left, rev. no stop after HIB, crowned shields cruciform, emblem-adorned sceptres in angles, eight strings to harp, edge obliquely milled, 16.62g, 6h (King 121; MCE 122; Schneider II, 454/-; Spink 3399), lightly cleaned and bagmarked, the milling largely obliterated otherwise residually lustrous, near very fine, very rare

Provenance
Baldwin FPL, Winter 2012-2013, BM005 - scuffed with surface marks, and light porosity, otherwise good fine / about very fine and very rare - £3,500
Clarendon, Part Two [Bohr], Bonhams, 17 October 2006, lot 1602 - about very fine [NB. The adjustment mark above Scottish shield subsequently softened]
Glendining, 23 June 1982, lot 25* - pitted and polished, otherwise about fine, rare - £1,100


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Sold for
£6,000

Starting price
£3500