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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 102

xCharles II, Five Guineas, 1678, 8 over 7, elephant and castle below first laureate bust right, pointed truncation, long hair extending down, carolvs.ii. dei.gratia toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, eight strings to Irish harp, sceptres in angles, interlinked C´s in centre, date at top, .mag. br.fra. et.hib rex. No stop after hib, edge inverted inscription in raised letters .*+*. decvs . et . tvtamen anno.regni. tricesimo ., (Schneider -; MCE.18; S.3330), small edge flan crack by I of dei, otherwise brilliant nearly extremely fine / extremely fine Estimate £ 6,000-8,000 Ridgemount Collection, Spink Coin Auction 69, 20 April 1989, lot 304

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