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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 72

James II, Guinea, 8.39g., 1685, elephant and castle provenance mark below first laureate bust facing left, iacobvs.ii. dei.gratia, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, sceptres in angles, five strings to Irish harp, date either side of crown above English shield, .mag. br.fra. et.hib rex., edge, diagonally milled (MCE 124; S.3401), with an attractive red tone, and a well defined obverse, black haymarking to lower half of reverse only, extremely fine, rare Estimate £2,500-3,500 provenance Purchased Baldwin 1944 for £15

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