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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 104

xCharles II, Five Guineas, 1679, second laureate bust right, rounded truncation, carolvs.ii. dei.gratia toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, semi-frosted inner rings to crowns, six 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 upright inscription in raised letters .+. decvs . et . tvtamen anno…regni. tricesimo.+, (Schneider -; MCE.20; S.3331), die flaw at base of hair extending to rim below C, attractively toned with underlying brilliance, extremely fine Estimate £ 9,000-12,000 Strauss Collection, Sotheby, 26 May 1994, lot 172

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