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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 107

xCharles II, Five Guineas, 1683, elephant and castle below second laureate bust right, rounded truncation, carolvs.ii. dei.gratia toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, crowned cruciform shields, 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.qvinto, (Schneider -; MCE.28; S.3332), series of tiny digs both sides, with an attractive red tone, nearly extremely fine Estimate £ 6,000-8,000 Lady Duveen, Glendining, 29 September 1964, lot 100Strauss Collection, Sotheby, 26 May 1994, lot 173

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