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Auction: 22027 - The "Ellerby Area" Hoard of English Gold Coins
Lot: 121

The Remarkable "Ellerby Area" Hoard of English Gold Coins (1610-1727) | NGC VF20 | James II (1685-1688), 'Royal African Company', Elephant & Castle, Guinea, 1685, first laureate head variety left, two protruding leaf tips (the third buried), E&C below, rev. crowned shields cruciform, emblem-adorned sceptres in angles, five strings to harp, edge obliquely milled, 7.93g [122.4grns], 6h (PAS: YORYM-18E848 = BM 2019 T668/103 this coin; MCE 124 variety; Farey 265 variety; EGC 322 [R2]; Spink 3401 variety), light scuffs on obverse, otherwise bright and residually lustrous in recesses, strictly fair / fine, scarce, with NGC 'Ellerby' Certification, graded VF20 (#6380983-103)

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