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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 128

xWilliam and Mary, Five Guineas, 1693, elephant and castle below conjoined laureate busts right, gvlielmvs.et.maria.dei.gratia toothed border both sides, rev. inverted die axis, fine detail very finely engraved, crowned, quartered shield with an escutcheon of the Lion of Nassau with nine lozenges, ten strings to Irish harp, date at top, .mag.br.fr.et.hib. rex.et.regina. edge upright inscription in raised letters +.decvs . et . tvtamen ..anno . regni . qvinto.+., (Schneider -;MCE.141; S.3423), dig on cheek, a few tiny pits in obverse field, otherwise with full mint brilliance, proof-like good extremely fine and a very desirable coin Estimate £ 10,000-15,000 Spink Coin Auction 97, 13 May 1993, lot 42

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£10,500