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Auction: 22027 - The "Ellerby Area" Hoard of English Gold Coins
Lot: 122

The Remarkable "Ellerby Area" Hoard of English Gold Coins (1610-1727) | NGC VF30 | James II (1685-1688), Guinea, 1686, first laureate head variety left, two protruding leaf tips (the third buried), rev. crowned shields cruciform, emblem-adorned sceptres in angles, five strings to harp, edge obliquely milled, 8.20g [126.5grns], 7h (PAS: YORYM-18E848 = BM 2019 T668/109 this coin; MCE 125; Farey 270; EGC 323, five strings not noted; Spink 3400), superficial hairlines and brightness, otherwise lustrous, fine / almost very fine, with NGC 'Ellerby' Certification, graded VF30 (#6380983-109)

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£1,400

Starting price
£500