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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 66

Charles II (1660-85), Five Guineas, 41.52g., 1668, elephant provenance mark below first laureate bust facing right, carolvs.ii. dei.gratia, toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, two pairs of cruciform interlinked C's at centre, sceptres in angles, eight strings to Irish harp, date either side of crown above English shield, .mag. br.fra. et.hib. rex., edge, inscribed in raised letters of inverted axis +.decvs.et.tvtamen.anno.regni. vicesimo. (MCE 2; S.3329), light scratch in obverse field at back of head, light rim bruise above E of DEI, other very light surface marks, good very fine with a well struck provenance mark Estimate £3,000-4,000 provenance Purchased Baldwin 1948 for £75

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