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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 449

(x) NGC AU | Charles II (1660-1685), Five-Guineas, 1673 VICESIMO QVINTO, first laureate head right, with lovelock of hair and pointed truncation, plain below, rev. crowned shields cruciform, emblem-adorned sceptres in angles, raised letters * * DECVS • ET • TVTAMEN • ANNO REGNI • VICESIMO QVINTO downwards on edge, 41.406g [638.99grns], 6h (Garside, SNC November-December 1925, p. 497, no. 9; MCE 8; Schneider II, -; EGC I, 176 [R3]; Holloway GH 10 [R3]; Montagu V, 440 = Murdoch II, 504; Duveen 85; King 96; S.3328), some minor cabinet friction, scratches and superficial scuffs in otherwise residually lustrous fields, a truly wholesome and balanced example, good very fine / extremely fine, a rare date, in NGC Black 'Pallas' holder, strictly graded Almost Uncirculated (Cert. #8534311-008)

Provenance

The "Pallas" Collection of English Coins


Seaby, by private treaty (ref. 750868), August 1975 - £2,850


SCMB, August 1975, G561* - "nearly EF/EF" - £3,250


The 'SOL' Collection, purchased in tranches by Seaby, from 1974 - £2,000 [ticketed for stock, 1975]


Glendining, 14 May 1975, lot 127 - "good very fine"



https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534311-008/NGCDetails/

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Sold for
£11,000

Starting price
£10000