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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 109

xCharles II, Five Guineas, 1684, 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, seven 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.sexto.+., (Schneider 428; MCE.30; S.3332), die flaw in hair and other light surface marks, a bold very fine Estimate £ 3,000-3,500

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