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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 184

(x) William III, Solus (1694-1702), 'Fine Work' Five-Guineas, 1701 DECIMO TERTIO, 'Plain Sceptres' Variety, under Mint Master Sir Isaac Newton, second laureate head right, rev. crowned shields cruciform, plain sceptres in angles, Irish harp without strings, edge lettering upwards, 41.44g [639.5grns], 5h (MCE 172; Schneider II, 480; EGC I, 398; Duveen 118; S.3456), removed from a brooch mount on obverse with resultant smoothing and tooling to design, the fields lightly brushed, otherwise struck details bolder than very fine, an affordable entry-level example of this recognisable one-year type

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Sold for
£3,800

Starting price
£2600