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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 74

William and Mary (1688-94), Five Guineas, 41.74g., 1692, conjoined busts facing right, gvlielmvs.et.maria.dei.gratia continuous over busts, toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned and escalloped quartered shield of arms, with an escutcheon of the Lion of Nassau, seven strings to Irish harp, date either side of crown, .mag.br.fr.et.hib. rex.et.regina., edge, inscribed in raised letters of upright axis .+. decvs.et.tvtamen.anno.regni. qvarto.+. (MCE 138; S.3422), light surface marks on obverse, with a pleasing red tone, retaining mint brilliance, good extremely fine, rare thus Estimate £6,000-8,000 provenance Purchased Baldwin 1943 for £70

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