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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 284

Scotland, James VIII (1688-1766), the Old Pretender, Guinea, 7.65g., 1716, restrike by Matthew Young, circa 1828, struck in silver, laureate and draped bust facing right, iacobvs.viii. .dei.gratia.,toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, four strings to Irish harp, thistle at centre, sceptres in angles, .sco .an.fra et.hib rex., edge, plain (S.5725), area of friction on cheek, some light rust pimples on face, attractively toned, as struck, rare Estimate £600-800 provenance Purchased Baldwin 1944 for £7.10/-

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