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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 285

Scotland, James III (1688-1766), the Old Pretender, Guinea, 8.95g., 1716, restrike by Matthew Young, circa 1828, struck in silver, laureate and draped bust facing left, iacobus. tertius., toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, four strings to Irish harp, sceptres in angles, .sco .an.fra et.hib rex., edge, plain (S.5728), struck in high relief, some light rust pimples, attractively toned, mint state Estimate £800-1,000 provenance Purchased Baldwin 1944 for £10.10/-

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